Jurisdiction: | Apostolic Vicariate |
Aguarico | |
Latin: | Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis |
Country: | Ecuador |
Area Km2: | 28,000 |
Population: | 133,900 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 111,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 82.9 |
Parishes: | 12 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 16 November 1953 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
Bishop: | José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFMCap |
Bishop Title: | Vicar Apostolic |
Emeritus Bishops: | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, OFMCap. |
Map: | Vicariato apostólico de Aguarico.png |
The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in Orellana Province. Pope John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.[1] [2]
It remains exempt, i.e., immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
So far, all ordinaries have been Capuchins.