The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 183,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 219,000 167,000 (76.3%) |
| Parishes | 12 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 February 1932 (92 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral María Auxiliadora |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Vicar Apostolic | Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B. |
| Bishops emeritus | José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. |
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Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
editOn 5 February 1932 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana (which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).
It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic and given its present name by Pope Pius XII on 7 May 1953.[1][2]
Incumbent Ordinaries
editSo far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation
- Apostolic Prefects of Alto Orinoco
- Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B. † (14 Nov. 1932 – 3 Aug. 1945)
- Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. † (31 Jan. 1947 – 1950)
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (21 Aug. 1950 – cfr. infra)
- Apostolic Vicars
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (cfr. supra – 5 Oct. 1974)
- Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † (5 Oct. 1974 – 23 Oct. 1989)
- Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. † (23 Oct. 1989 – 27 May 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
- José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. (23 Feb. 1996 – present)
See also
editSources and references
edit- ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.[self-published source]
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
External links
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