Apostolic vicariate San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos
Sancti Michaëlis de Sucumbios
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in Ecuador's northern Amazon, established as a prefecture apostolic on 16 April 1924 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo and elevated to apostolic vicariate on 2 July 1984. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora del Cisne in Nueva Loja, Sucumbios Province. Bishop Celmo Lazzari has been vicar apostolic since November 2013.
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- Established
- 1924
- Catholics
- 111,000
- Priests
- 23
- Territory
- 13,287 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, C.S.I.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Cisne, Nueva Loja stands in San Miguel de Sucumbíos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The city of Nueva Loja, in Ecuador's Sucumbíos Province, holds the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Cisne, cathedral see of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Michaëlis de Sucumbios), a missionary entity of the Roman Catholic Church.