Juan Vargas Aruquipa

Monsignor Juan Vargas y Aruquipa (born 8 March 1947) is a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church.

On 20 July 1980, Vargas y Aruquipa was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroico.

[7][8] Vargas y Aruquipa's resignation from the office of Bishop of Coroico was officially accepted by Pope Francis on 3 December 2022.

[9][10] In 2023, he served as a co-consecrator at the consecration of his successor, Bishop Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza.

[2] He was awarded the highest office of the Royal Order of Merit of Prince Uchicho by King Julio I for his close relationship with the Afro-Bolivian community.