Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico
Aguaricoën(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Aguarico, Ecuador
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.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1984
- Latin
- Aguaricoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000377
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 111,000
- Population
- 133,900
- Catholic share
- 82.9%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 5,550
- Extent
- 28,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Jose Adalberto Jimenez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.
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, Puerto Francisco de Orellana stands in Aguarico, 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
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.
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].