Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos
Iquitosen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Iquitos, Peru
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in the Peruvian Amazon, established 5 February 1900 as the Apostolic Prefecture of San Leon del Amazonas from territory of the Diocese of Chachapoyas, promoted to apostolic vicariate on 22 February 1921 and renamed Iquitos on 1 August 1945. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Iquitos.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 August 1945
- Latin
- Iquitosen(sis)
- Patron
- São João Batista
- Annuario code
- 001000414
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 770,200
- Population
- 951,400
- Catholic share
- 81.0%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 23,339
- Extent
- 100,042 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.7
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
- Miguel Angel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A.
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
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Catedral San Juan Bautista), Iquitos stands in Iquitos, 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
Originally the Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas, the Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Iquitosensis) is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction in Amazonian northern Peru. Exempt immediately to the Holy See, it belongs to no ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, the Catedral San Juan Bautista (St. John the Baptist), stands in the episcopal see of Iquitos.
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].