Apostolic vicariate Leticia, Colombia
Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia
Laetitiae
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate covering the Amazonas department in the far south of Colombia, seated at Leticia on the Amazon River. Established on 8 February 1951 as an apostolic prefecture separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caqueta, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 23 October 2000. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de La Paz in Leticia.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 69,900
- Priests
- 14
- Territory
- 109,665 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- John Mario Mesa Palacio
- Born
- 8 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Belmira
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The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Senora de La Paz, Leticia stands in Leticia, 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
Leticia, a city in Amazonas, Colombia, is the seat of this apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Apostolicus Vicariatus Laetitiae.