Apostolic vicariate Requena, Peru
Apostolic Vicariate of Requena
Requenaën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in Peru's Loreto Department, erected 2 March 1956 from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali and entrusted to the Franciscans. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it is seated at the Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua in Requena. Vicar Apostolic Alejandro Wiesse Leon, O.F.M., was appointed 4 June 2022.
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- Established
- 1956
- Catholics
- 128,000
- Priests
- 7
- Territory
- 80,000 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
- Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse Leon, O.F.M.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua (Catedral San Antonio de Padua), Requena stands in Requena, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Requena in Peru is the episcopal see of a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, the Apostolic Vicariate of Requena, known in Latin as Vicariatus Apostolicus Requenaënsis.