Apostolic vicariate Aguarico, Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico
Aguaricoën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite missionary apostolic vicariate in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, in Orellana Province. Established by Pope Pius XII as the Apostolic Prefecture of Aguarico on 16 November 1953 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo and elevated to an apostolic vicariate by Pope John Paul II on 2 July 1984. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Puerto Francisco de Orellana.
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- Established
- 1953
- Catholics
- 111,000
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 28,000 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
- Jose Adalberto Jimenez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Puerto Francisco de Orellana stands in Aguarico, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In the Aguarico Canton of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest lies the Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary circumscription of the Roman Catholic Church.