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Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri

Camirien(sis)

Latin rite apostolic vicariate in southeastern Bolivia, established on 22 May 1919 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, renamed Cuevo in 1951 and Camiri in 2003. Immediately subject to the Holy See, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Camiri.

The see

Rank
Apostolic vicariate
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
29 March 2003
Latin
Camirien(sis)
Annuario code
001000395

The see in figures

Catholics
120,000
Population
144,000
Catholic share
83.3%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
27
Catholics per priest
4,444
Extent
104,000 km²
Catholics per km²
1.2

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Vicar Apostolic
Jesus Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Camiri stands in Camiri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Bolivia's Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary territory whose cathedra stands in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal see of Camiri.

What is kept by invitation

The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.

The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].