Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas
Sancti Iosephi de Amazones
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · San José del Amazonas, Peru
Latin rite apostolic vicariate spanning roughly 150,000 square kilometers across three provinces of Peru's Loreto Department, erected as an apostolic prefecture on 13 July 1945 by the bull In catholici orbis and elevated to apostolic vicariate in 1955. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Indiana, Maynas province.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1955
- Latin
- Sancti Iosephi de Amazones
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001000452
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 151,000
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 10,786
- Extent
- 150,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Jose Javier Travieso Martin, C.M.F.
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. Joseph the Worker (San Jose Obrero), Indiana stands in San José del Amazonas, 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.
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].