Americas

Bolivia

Bolivia's faith is one of the most indigenous-inflected in the Catholic world — where the Virgin of Copacabana, the Andean Pachamama, and Catholic sacramental life have intertwined for five centuries into a popular religiosity that is uniquely Bolivian and deeply rooted in the soil.

Bolivia
Our Lady of Copacabana (the most revered Marian image in the Andes, associated with the indigenous sculptor Francisco Tito Yupanqui); St. Roque González SJ (Jesuit martyr of Paraguay, venerated across the region)
Bolivia
Our Lady of Copacabana (Aug 5) — Bolivia's patronal feast, pilgrimage draws hundreds of thousands to Lake Titicaca; Carnival of Oruro — UNESCO World Heritage Catholic-indigenous festival; Corpus Christi (moveable)
Catholic Population:
8 million
Percent Catholic:
70%
Church Status
Stable
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Sucre

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