Apostolic vicariate Napo, Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of Napo
Napen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in Ecuador's Amazon region, established by Pope Pius IX on 7 February 1871 from the Archdiocese of Quito. Its cathedral, the Catedral San Jose, is in Tena, capital of Napo Province. The see is currently vacant per Wikipedia.
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- Established
- 1871
- Catholics
- 97,000
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 24,600 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
- Celmo Lazzari
- Born
- 16 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Garibaldi
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI S. GIUSEPPE (GIUSEPPINI DEL MURIALDO)
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The cathedral
Catedral San Jose, Tena stands in Napo, 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 city of Tena, capital of Napo Province in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, stands the Catedral San José, cathedral see of the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Napensis), a missionary circumscription (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church.