Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
Portus Leguizamen(sis)-Solanen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguizamo-Solano is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction in the Colombian Amazon (Putumayo and Caqueta), exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See. It was erected on 21 February 2013 by Benedict XVI from the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguizamo. Its cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Puerto Leguizamo, with a co-cathedral in Solano.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 February 2013
- Latin
- Portus Leguizamen(sis)-Solanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000442
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 51,600
- Population
- 46,000
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 3,440
- Extent
- 64,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Joaquin Humberto Pinzon Guiza, I.M.C.
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
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen stands in Puerto Leguízamo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A Latin missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in southern Colombia, the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Leguizamensis-Solanensis) is exempt, depending directly on the Holy See and belonging to no ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral and episcopal see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, stands in the town of Puerto Leguízamo in Putumayo department.
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.
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].