Apostolic vicariate Méndez, Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez
Mendezen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in Ecuador's Morona-Santiago Amazon province, established on 17 February 1893 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Napo and entrusted to the Salesians. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See, with its cathedral, the Catedral Purisima de Macas, in the city of Macas. Bishop Nestor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B., has been vicar apostolic since April 2008.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1893
- Catholics
- 111,000
- Priests
- 46
- Territory
- 25,690 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
- Nestor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B.
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Purisima de Macas stands in Méndez, 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
A missionary circumscription of the Roman Catholic Church, the Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Mendezensis) keeps its cathedral see, the Catedral Purísima de Macas, in the city of Macas in Ecuador's Morona-Santiago province. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See rather than belonging to any ecclesiastical province.