Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo
Puyoën(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Puyo, Ecuador
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.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 May 1976
- Latin
- Puyoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000445
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,100
- Population
- 67,800
- Catholic share
- 90.1%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 4,364
- Extent
- 31,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Rafael Cob Garcia
- Born
- 23 October 1951
- Birthplace
- La Horra
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 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.
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].