Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes, Bolivia 🇧🇴

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Reyes / Reysen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (←), Pando (↑), El Beni (→), Cochabamba (↘), La Paz (↓), Coroico (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Epifanía del Señor (January 6), Nuestra Señora de Loreto (October 7)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 27

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1942.09.01: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes / Reysen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2022.07.09 – ...):

Bishop Eugenio Coter (68)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

Titular Bishop of Thibiuca

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Reyes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugenio Coter (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.07.09 – ...)

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R.
(2019.06.01 – 2022.07.07)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1967.09.09 (Oruro, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1997.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.14
Died:	2022.07.07 (La Paz, Bolivia † 54)

Titular Bishop of Vulturara (2014.02.15 – 2019.06.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Reyes (Bolivia) (2014.02.15 – 2019.06.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia) (2019.02.18 – 2019.06.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (2019.06.01 – 2022.07.07)

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.02.18 – 2019.06.01)

Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R. (82)
(1999.05.01 – 2019.02.18)

Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Reyes (Bolivia)

Born:	1943.11.04 (Illgau, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.04.11

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (1997.01.24 – 1999.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa (1997.01.24 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (1999.05.01 – 2019.02.18)

Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.
(1973.06.14 – 1999.05.01)

Born:	1923.04.11 (Mont Faucon, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1949.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.09.16
Died:	2010.02.17 († 86)

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia) (1970.12.11 – 1973.06.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (1973.06.14 – 1999.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Arena (1973.06.14 – 2010.02.17)

Fr. Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.12.11 – 1973.06.14)

Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R.
(1956.12.11 – 1970)

Born:	1903.10.25 (Brieg, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1928.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.30
Died:	1982.11.24 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (1956.12.11 – 1970)

Titular Bishop of Nephelis (1956.12.11 – 1982.11.24)

Bishop Giovanni Claudel, C.SS.R.
(1943.07.14 – 1955.12.12)

Born:	1876.01.26 (Colroy-La-Roche, France)
Ordained Priest:	1901.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.09.12
Died:	1955.12.12 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Antandrus (1943.07.14 – 1955.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia) (1943.07.14 – 1955.12.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R. (82) (1997.01.24 – 1999.05.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R. (2014.02.15 – 2019.06.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de los Santos Reyes, Reyes, El Beni

Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (←), Pando (↑), El Beni (→), Cochabamba (↘), La Paz (↓), Coroico (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 km²

Population: 149,871 Catholics (75.5% of 198,417 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (10 diocesan, 6 religious), 48 religious (10 brothers, 38 sisters), 8 seminarians