Background
ANTEZANA, Abel Isidoro was born on May 13, 1886 in Tarata, Bolivia.
ANTEZANA, Abel Isidoro was born on May 13, 1886 in Tarata, Bolivia.
Educated University de San Simón, Cochabamba, Seminario de Cochabamba. Ordained priest, 1909. In Congregación de Misioneros Hijos del Inmaculado Corazón de Maria, Spain, 1910-1912.
Professor, Seminario de Cochabamba. 1908-1909; missionary in Chile. 1913-1914; professor, and prefect of theologians, Seminario de Santo Toribio, Lima.
1914-1919; missionary in Cochabamba, priest and visiting vicar of Oruro, and superior, Comunidad de Misioneros, Oruro, 191924. Bishop of Oruro, 1925-1938, of La Paz. 1938-1943; archbishop of La Paz, since creation of the archbishopric in 1943.