Apostolic vicariate Puyo, Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo
Puyoën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate seated in Puyo, capital of Pastaza Province in Ecuador's Amazon. Established on 4 October 1886 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Canelos y Macas from the Vicariate Apostolic of Napo, elevated to vicariate in 1964 and renamed Puyo in 1976. Bishop Rafael Cob Garcia has been vicar apostolic since November 1998.
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- Established
- 1886
- Catholics
- 61,100
- Priests
- 14
- Territory
- 31,000 km²
Parishes and churches
22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia BoverasBoverasView parish
- Parroquia Jesús de la Nueva Vidala Diez de AgostoView parish
- Parroquia Jesús del Gran Poderel DoradoView parish
- Parroquia Jesús Obreroel ObreroView parish
- Parroquia MontalvoMontalvoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaFátimaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeKapawiView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Mercedla MercedView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Rosariola CatedralView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del RosarioPaloraView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Triunfoel TriunfoView parish
- Parroquia Sagrada FamiliaPaloraView parish
- Parroquia San Antonio de PaduaSarayakuView parish
- Parroquia San JoséShellView parish
- Parroquia San JoséCanelosView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaVeracruzView parish
- Parroquia San PabloMeraView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente FerrerTarquiView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente Ferrerel VicentinoView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente FerrerPacayakuView parish
- Parroquia Santo Cura de ArsSimón Bolívar (Mushullacta)View parish
- Parroquia santo Domingo de GuzmánSanto DomingoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Rafael Cob Garcia
- Born
- 23 October 1951
- Birthplace
- La Horra
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Puyo stands in Puyo, 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 pre-diocesan circumscription of the Roman Catholic Church, the Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Puyoënsis) has for its cathedral see the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, in the city of Puyo, capital of Pastaza Province in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.