Catholic Church in Bolivia
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Today, Bolivia is a predominantly Catholic country. However, the Church was disestablished as the state religion in early 2009 and lost remaining privileges in 2019 with the promulgation of the law on religious freedom. According to a 2018 survey, 70% of Bolivians were Catholics.
Organization
There are seventeen territorial jurisdictions in the country—four archdioceses, six dioceses, and five apostolic vicariates and two Territorial Prelatures:
- Archdiocese of Cochabamba
- Diocese of Oruro
- Territorial Prelature of Aiquile
- Archdiocese of La Paz
- Diocese of Coroico
- Diocese of El Alto
- Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
- Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
- Archdiocese of Sucre
- Diocese of Potosí
- Diocese of Tarija
- Apostolic Vicariates:
- Camiri
- El Beni
- Ñuflo de Chávez
- Pando
- Reyes
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