Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní
Caronen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Caroní, Venezuela
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in the south of Bolivar state, Venezuela, with its see at Santa Elena de Uairen near the Brazilian border. Established 4 March 1922 by Pope Pius XI; it lost territory in 1954 when the Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita was erected. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Santa Elena.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 March 1922
- Latin
- Caronen(sis)
- Patron
- san Francisco de Asís
- Annuario code
- 001000396
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 41,550
- Population
- 56,000
- Catholic share
- 74.2%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 4,617
- Extent
- 80,309 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas
- Born
- 5 December 1968
- Birthplace
- El Valle Capacho
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
Catedral de Santa Elena stands in Caroní, 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 missionary jurisdiction of the Latin Church in Venezuela, the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Caronensis) is immediately exempt to the Holy See and belongs to no ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, the Catedral de Santa Elena, stands in the episcopal see of Santa Elena de Uairén, in the landlocked Bolívar state.
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].