Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa explained

Jurisdiction:Apostolic Vicariate
Pucallpa
Latin:Apostolicus Vicariatus Pucallpaënsis
Country:Peru
Metropolitan:Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Area Km2:52,168
Population:538,000 (2010)
Catholics:431,000 (2010)
Bishop:Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.
Bishop Title:Vicar Apostolic
Emeritus Bishops:Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E.
Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pucallpaënsis) is a Latin Church Apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral is Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (dedicated to the Immaculate Conception), located in the episcopal see of Pucallpa in Coronel Portillo Province. It is the capital of that of the wider Ucayali region, in Peru's inland Amazon rainforest.

History

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Pucallpa

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