Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho
Portus Ayacuquen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
Latin rite apostolic vicariate covering Amazonas state, Venezuela, with its see at Puerto Ayacucho; it is exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See, and has always been led by Salesians. Established 5 February 1932 by Pope Pius XI as the Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Orinoco and elevated to apostolic vicariate on 7 May 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Its cathedral is the Catedral Maria Auxiliadora.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 May 1953
- Latin
- Portus Ayacuquen(sis)
- Patron
- María Auxiliadora
- Annuario code
- 001000439
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 167,000
- Population
- 219,000
- Catholic share
- 76.3%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 7,591
- Extent
- 183,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.
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 Maria Auxiliadora stands in Puerto Ayacucho, 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 Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) belongs to no ecclesiastical province, being immediately exempt to the Holy See. Its cathedral, the Catedral María Auxiliadora, stands in the town of Puerto Ayacucho in Amazonas 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].