Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani Diócesis de San Ignacio de Velasco
Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Metropolitan	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Statistics
Area	197,000 km2 (76,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 245,000 220,000 (89.8%)
Parishes	22
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 January 1930 (95 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Ignatius inSan Ignacio de Velasco
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Robert Herman Flock
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sergio Alfredo Gualberti
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TheRoman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco (Latin:Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani) is adiocese located in the city ofSan Ignacio de Velasco in theecclesiastical province ofSanta Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.

• January 27, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chiquitos from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• November 3, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco

Using reverse chronological order:

• Bishops of San Ignacio de Velasco (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Robert Herman Flock (2017.02.02 – present)
  • Bishop Carlos Stetter (1995.07.29 – 2016.11.04)
  • BishopFederico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger,O.F.M. (1994.11.03 – 1995.07.29)
• Vicars Apostolic of Chiquitos (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1974.08.21 – 1994.11.03)
  • BishopJosé Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. (1949.05.12 – 1974.08.21)
  • BishopJuan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. (1942.02.25 – 1949)
  • BishopBertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. (1931.01.08 – 1941)

• Carlos Stetter (1995)
• Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1970-1974), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

• Carlos Stetter (1987-1995), appointed Coadjutor here

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

• GCatholic.org

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