Juan Vargas Aruquipa
Juan Vargas Aruquipa | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Coroico | |
| Church | |
| Archdiocese | La Paz |
| Diocese | Coroico |
| Installed | 20 August 1997 |
| Term ended | 3 December 2022 |
| Predecessor | Tomás Roberto Manning |
| Successor | Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza |
| Previous posts | Auxiliary bishop of Coroico (1992-1997) Titular Bishop of Bita (1992-1997) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 July 1980 |
| Consecration | by Tomás Roberto Manning (principal consecrator) Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (co-consecrator)) Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque (co-consecrator) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1947 |
| Styles of Juan Vargas Aruquipa | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Monsignor Juan Vargas y Aruquipa (born 8 March 1947) is a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroico from 1997 to 2022. Prior to his post as diocesan bishop, he served as an auxiliary bishop in Coroico and as a titular bishop of the Titular See of Bita. During his time as bishop, he was one of Bolivia's only two Catholic bishops of indigenous descent. He is the president of Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa.