Apostolic vicariate Puerto Carreño, Colombia
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño
Portus Carrenien(sis)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreno is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction in Vichada department, eastern Colombia, exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See through the Dicastery for Evangelization. It was erected on 22 December 1999 from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Puerto Carreno.
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- Established
- 1999
- Catholics
- 40,100
- Priests
- 18
- Territory
- 71,368 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Alvaro Mon Perez, C.Ss.R.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen stands in Puerto Carreño, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The city of Puerto Carreño in Colombia is home to this apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, whose Latin name is Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Carreniensis.