Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana was born on 23 May 1974 in La Paz, in the metropolitan archdiocese of the same name. He studied philosophy and theology at the Seminario Mayor San Jerónimo in La Paz. He was ordained a priest on 8 December 2004. He attended the Saint Peter Favre Centre for Formators for the Priesthood and Consecrated Life at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained his diploma in priestly formation on 5 June 2009. He has held the following offices: cooperating vicar in the Familia de Nazareth parish in La Paz (2005-2006); formator in the Seminario Mayor San Jerónimo (2007-2008); parish administrator of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria in La Paz (2010-2015); diocesan director of the Schoenstatt Movement (2010-2013); under secretary for pastoral care of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (2013-2015); vice-rector (2014-2015) and rector of the Seminario Mayor San Jerónimo in La Paz (2016-2018). He was elected titular bishop of Muteci and auxiliary of El Alto on 27 March 2018 and was consecrated on the following 25 July.