Bishop Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo

Bishop Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo, Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia, was born on 9 May 1972 in San Lorenzo, Diocese of Tarija. He completed the propaedeutic year at San Cristóbal Seminary in Sucre (1992-1993), philosophical and theological studies at the San José national major seminary in Cochabamba (1993-1998), and studies for the licentiate in Sacred Liturgy at San Dámaso University in Madrid (2011-2013). He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1999 and incardinated in the Diocese of Tarija. He held the following offices: parish priest of San Lorenzo, Tarija (1999-2007); diocesan delegate for youth pastoral ministry (1999-2007); member of the college of consultors and of the council for economic affairs (2006-2011); rector of the San Juan María Vianney Major Seminary (2007-2010); president of the Conference of Diocesan Clergy (2005-2008); episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry and rector of the diocesan shrine of Chaguaya (2008-2010); and rector of the San José national major seminary in Cochabamba (2013-2016). On 28 October 2020, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Potosí. He received episcopal ordination on 20 January 2021.