Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén in Peru explained

Jurisdiction:Apostolic Vicariate
Jaén en Peru
Latin:Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia
Country:Peru
Metropolitan:Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Area Km2:32,572
Bishop:Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori

The Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru or Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia) is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru . Its cathedral is located in the episcopal see of Jaén, in Peru's Cajamarca province. It remains immediately exempt subject to the Holy See and not part of an ecclesiastical province.

History

Bishops

Incumbent ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Mostly Jesuits (denoted by the S.J. post-nominal)

Vicar Apostolics of Jaén en Perú
Vicars Apostolic of San Francisco Javier
Prefects Apostolic of San Francisco Javier

Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop

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