Born in
Vallegrande,
Bolivia, he was the member of the Terrazas family, prominent in
Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. He was a close relative of Generals
Hernán Terrazas Céspedes and
David Terrazas Villegas, and a distant relative of
Melchor Terrazas and
Manuel Terrazas. Terrazas Sandoval was ordained a priest in 1962. He earned a degree in social ministry from EMACAS University,
France. In Bolivia, he was superior of the Vallegrande
Redemptorist community before being appointed Auxiliary of
La Paz in 1978. He was later transferred to
Oruro in 1982. He chaired the Episcopal Commission on the Laity, Youth and Vocations, was a member of CELAM's Commission on the Laity, and was elected President of the
Bolivian Episcopal Conference on four occasions. He was one of the
cardinal electors who participated in the
2005 papal conclave that selected
Pope Benedict XVI, and also one of the
cardinal electors who participated in the
2013 papal conclave that selected
Pope Francis. Terrazas died aged 79 after several complications in his health. ==References==