:Catholic Church in Bolivia

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| name = Catholic Church in Bolivia

| image = Catedral Metropolitana de La Paz.JPG

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| caption = La Paz Metropolitan Cathedral

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| type = National polity

| main_classification = Catholic

| orientation = Latin

| scripture = Bible

| theology = Catholic theology

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| governance = CEB

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| leader_title = Pope

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| leader_title1 = President

| leader_name1 = Aurelio Pesoa Ribera

| leader_title2 = Apostolic Nuncio

| leader_name2 = Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez

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| area = Bolivia

| language = {{ublist|Spanish|Latin}}

| headquarters = La Paz

| founded_date = 16th century

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{{Catholic Church by country}}

{{Pie chart

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|caption = Religion in Bolivia (2018)[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/ Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2018. Based on Latinobarómetro.] Survey period: June 15 to August 2, 2018, 1,200 respondents.

|label1 = Roman Catholic

|value1 = 70.0

|color1 = Purple

|label2 = Protestant

|value2 = 17.2

|color2 = Blue

|label3 = Mormon/Jehovah's Witness

|value3 = 1.7

|color3 = Grey

|label4 = None

|value4 = 9.3

|color4 = White

|label5 = Other religion

|value5 = 1.2

|color5 = #8A9A5B

|label6 = No answer

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The Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism was introduced in the 1530s and the first diocese was established in 1552. Evangelization among the Indians bore much fruit from the mid-18th to early 19th century, resuming again in 1840. The country declared independence from Spain in 1825.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}

Today, Bolivia is a predominantly Catholic country. However, the Church was disestablished as the state religion in early 2009{{cite book |last=Temperman |first=Jeroen |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Khag6tbsIn4C&q=concordat+Bolivia&pg=PA35 |title=State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance |access-date=12 July 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-9004181489 |page=35}} and lost remaining privileges in 2019 with the promulgation of the law on religious freedom. According to a 2018 survey, 70% of Bolivians were Catholics.