The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz () is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.
History
July 4, 1605: Established as Diocese of La Paz in Bolivia from the Diocese of La Plata June 18, 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz
Special churches
Minor Basilicas: Basílica de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Copacabana Basílica de San Francisco, La Paz Basílica María Auxiliadora, La Paz
Bishops of the diocese
Diocese of La Paz
Erected: 4 July 1605
Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (4 Jul 1605 – 14 Jan 1608 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas before he arrived in La Paz). Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. (28 May 1608 – 1615 Died) Pedro de Valencia (30 Jul 1617 – 1631 Died); Archbishop (personal title) Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (5 Sep 1633 – 13 Sep 1638 Appointed, Archbishop of México) Alfonso de Franco y Luna (30 May 1639 – 1645 Died) Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A. (21 Aug 1645 – Apr 1647 Died) Luis Antonio de Castro y Castillo (13 Jan 1648 – 7 Oct 1653 Died) Martín Velasco y Molina (14 May 1655 – 1662 Died) Martín de Montalvo Calderon de la Barca, O.S.A. (21 Jul 1664 – Dec 1668 Died) Gabriel de Guilléstegui, O.F.M. (1 Sep 1670 – 1677 Died) Juan Pérez de Corcha (22 Jan 1680 Appointed – ) Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (23 Sep 1680 – 19 Apr 1694 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. (19 Jul 1694 – 24 Aug 1697 Died) Nicolás Urbán de Mota y Haro (12 May 1702 – 25 Dec 1704 Died) Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (14 May 1708 – 21 Mar 1714 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, O.C.D. (1 Oct 1714 – 21 Mar 1722 Died) Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo (30 Aug 1723 – 1730 Died) Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (17 Dec 1731 – 22 Jan 1742 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (28 Feb 1742 – 14 Jun 1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. (14 Jun 1746 – 17 Nov 1746 Died) Matías Ibáñez de Segovia (4 Sep 1747 – 25 Aug 1751 Died) Diego Antonio de Parada (18 Dec 1752 – 25 Jan 1762 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima) Gregorio Francisco de Campos (4 May 1764 – 22 Dec 1789 Died) Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (11 Apr 1791 – 1796 Died) Remigio de La Santa y Ortega (24 Jul 1797 – 10 Aug 1816 Resigned) Antonio Sánchez Matas, O.F.M. (21 Dec 1818 – 28 Apr 1827 Resigned) José María Mendizábal (15 Dec 1828 – 24 Jul 1835 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco (19 May 1837 – 13 Jul 1840 Resigned) José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (13 Jul 1840 – 4 Mar 1841 Died) José Manuel Gregorio Indaburu (Yndaburu) (22 Jun 1843 – 16 Dec 1844 Died) Michael Orozco (20 Jan 1848 – 1849 Died) Mariano Fernández de Córdoba (10 Apr 1851 – 2 May 1868 Died) Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar (24 Sep 1868 – 27 Apr 1874 Resigned) Juan de Dios Bosque (4 May 1874 – 9 March 1890 Died) Juan José Baldivia Morales (1 Jun 1891 – 5 Oct 1899 Died) Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M. (12 Nov 1901 – 24 Nov 1909 Died) Manuel José Peña (30 Nov 1911 – 10 Aug 1914 Died) Dionisio Avila (27 Jan 1916 – 30 Jun 1919 Died) Celestino Loza (20 Jun 1920 – 18 Jan 1921 Died) Auguste Sieffert, C.SS.R. (15 Nov 1924 – 24 Feb 1934 Resigned) Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. (16 Jan 1938 – 5 Apr 1967 Retired)
Archdiocese of La Paz
Elevated: 18 June 1943
Jorge Manrique Hurtado (27 Jul 1967 – 24 Feb 1987 Retired) Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. (24 Feb 1987 – 31 Jul 1996 Resigned) Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (31 Jul 1996 – 23 May 2020 Retired) Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (23 May 2020 – present)