Apostolic vicariate Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado
Portus Maldonadi
Latin Church
Latin rite apostolic vicariate covering a vast swath of Peru's southeastern Amazon, established 5 January 1900 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Santo Domingo de Urubamba from the Diocese of Cusco, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1913 and renamed Puerto Maldonado in 1949. It spans roughly 156,000 square kilometers of rainforest territory.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1900
- Catholics
- 217,000
- Priests
- 42
- Territory
- 156,000 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del RosarioPuerto Maldonado · CathedralView parish
- Cuasiparroquia San Isidro LabradorEcharateView parish
- Misión Inmaculada ConcepciónKiriguetiView parish
- Misión San JoséKoribeniView parish
- Misión San Juan BautistaMaldonadilloView parish
- Misión San Miguel ArcángelShintuyaView parish
- Misión San Pedro MártirTimpíaView parish
- Misión Santa Rosa de LimaPuerto EsperanzaView parish
- Misión Santísimo RosarioSepahuaView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada ConcepciónQuillabambaView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada ConcepciónAmaybambaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaQuincemilView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenMazucoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenHuyroView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenQuellounoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del RosarioLaberintoView parish
- Parroquia Sagrada FamiliaPuerto MaldonadoView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco de AsísVilcabambaView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaKimbiriView parish
- Parroquia San Juan María VianneyIvochoteView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente de PaulPuerto MaldonadoView parish
- Parroquia Santa CruzPuerto MaldonadoView parish
- Parroquia Santa Rosa de LimaIberiaView parish
- Parroquia Santa Rosa de LimaPichariView parish
- Parroquia Santa TeresaSanta TeresaView parish
- Parroquia Señor de los MilagrosColoradoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- David Martinez de Aguirre Guinea, O.P.
- Born
- 10 January 1970
- Birthplace
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI) (O.P.)
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The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario stands in Puerto Maldonado, 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 Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru, the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado carries the Latin name Vicariatus Apostolicus Portus Maldonadi, and its cathedra is found in the episcopal see of Puerto Maldonado.