Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Potosí in Bolivia, Diocese of

POTOSÌ IN BOLIVIA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Plate CXXIV↓ in the text

Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Potosiensis

POTOSÍ IN BOLIVIA, DIOCESE. - Diocese of Bolivia in South America, suffragan of the archdiocese of Sucre.

It has an area of 116,662 sq. km., with a population of 549,950 inhabitants, of whom 543,800 are Catholics; 47 parishes served by 34 diocesan priests and 18 regulars; 3 male religious communities and 9 female (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 327). The city of P. was erected as a diocese by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Praecessioribus nostris of 11 Nov. 1924, by dismemberment from the archdiocese of La Plata. - See plate CXXIV.

Plate CXXIV THE CATHEDRAL. Rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th cent. THE ANCIENT RESIDENCE OF THE ALFAREZ known as "The crystal palace". Spanish-indigenous art (18th cent.).(per cortesia del prof. G. Valli)

Plate CXXIV THE CATHEDRAL. Rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th cent. THE ANCIENT RESIDENCE OF THE ALFAREZ known as "The crystal palace". Spanish-indigenous art (18th cent.).(per cortesia del prof. G. Valli)

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BIBL.: AAS, 17 (1925), pp. 501-503; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVI, pp. 1045-52.

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Josi, Enrico. “Potosì in Bolivia, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 1857–1858. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/potosi-in-bolivia-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Potosì in Bolivia, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1857–1858. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/potosi-in-bolivia-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Potosì in Bolivia, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1857--1858},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/potosi-in-bolivia-diocesi-di}
}

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