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(COCABAMBENSIS).
The city from which this diocese takes its name is the capital of the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Founded in 1563 it was called originally Oropesa. It is situated on the Rio de la Rocha and is the second largest city and one of the most important commercial centres of the republic. According to the census of 1902, the population is over 40,000, of whom practically all are Catholics.
The Diocese of Cochabamba was erected by a Bull of Pius IX, 25 June, 1847, and is a suffragan of Charcas (La Plata). It was the fourth diocese established in Bolivia, the Archdiocese of Charcas (La Plata) and the Dioceses of La Paz and Santa Cruz having been created early in the seventeenth century. It comprises the department of Cochabamba and part of the adjoining department of Beni. The population, mostly Catholic, in 1902 was over 330,000. Besides a number of schools and charitable institutions the diocese has 55 parishes, 80 churches and chapels, and 160 priests.
Konversations-Lex. (St. Louis, Missouri, 1903), s.v.; Gerarchia Cattolica (Rome, 1908).
APA citation. Cochabamba. (1908). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04075b.htm
MLA citation. "Cochabamba." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04075b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Anthony J. Stokes.
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