Juan Vargas Aruquipa


Juan Vargas Aruquipa
Bishop Emeritus of Coroico
Church
ArchdioceseLa Paz
DioceseCoroico
Installed20 August 1997
Term ended3 December 2022
PredecessorTomás Roberto Manning
SuccessorJuan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza
Previous postsAuxiliary bishop of Coroico (1992-1997)
Titular Bishop of Bita (1992-1997)
Orders
Ordination10 July 1980
Consecrationby Tomás Roberto Manning (principal consecrator)
Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (co-consecrator))
Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque (co-consecrator)
Personal details
Born (1947-03-08) 8 March 1947
Achacachi, La Paz, Bolivia
Styles of
Juan Vargas Aruquipa
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

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.