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.