Parishes 12 | Area 28,000 km² | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)133,900111,000 (82.9%) Established 16 November 1953 (63 years ago) Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen | ||
The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
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History
On 16 November, 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in Orellana Province.
Pope John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.
It remains exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesistical province.
Episcopal Incumbents
So far, all ordinaries have been Friars Minor Capuchin.
References
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