Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Tarija, Diocese of

TARIJA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Tarijensis

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It has an area of 24,786 sq km and a population of 96,000 inhabitants, of whom 95,000 are Catholics; it has 10 parishes served by 6 diocesan priests and 12 regulars; it has 5 male religious communities and 2 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 417). By the apostolic constitution Praedecestoribus Nostris of 11 Nov. 1924, Pope Pius XI erected it as a diocese, as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Sucre.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 17 (1925), pp. 501-503.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1762.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tarija, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1762. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/tarija-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tarija, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1762. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tarija-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Tarija, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1762},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/tarija-diocesi-di}
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