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Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez

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Parishes
  
17

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
81,493 km²

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Metropolitan
  
Immediately subject to the Holy See

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 180,000 152,000 (84.4%)

Established
  
13 December 1951 (65 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis) is an apostolic vicariate located in the town of Concepción, Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

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History

On 13 December 1951 Pope Pius XII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez from the Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos.

Leadership

  • Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum, O.F.M. † (16 November 1953 - 18 September 1971) Died
  • Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. † (18 December 1972 - 13 October 2000) Died
  • Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, O.F.M. (31 October 2001 – Present)

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