Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez

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Parishes 17 Rite Roman Rite Country Bolivia		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 81,493 km²

Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Holy See Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)180,000152,000 (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.

History

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

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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