On April 24, 2013, he was ordained bishop in the Cathedral Church of Riberalta by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tito Solari Capellari, archbishop of Cochabamba.
The only places in Bolivia that survived changes were the town of Riberalta and La Paz, which served as the Japanese commercial activities.
Miguel Ángel Rimba Alvis (born November 1, 1967 in Riberalta) is a former Bolivian football defender.