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Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas

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Parishes
  
22

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
15,260 km²

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Cathedral
  
Catedral Cristo Rey

Country
  
Ecuador

Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)542,000493,000 (91%)

Established
  
14 December 1945 (71 years ago)

The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Esmeraldas (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Esmeraldensis) is a missionary pre-diocesan circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church. Its cathedral see Catedral Cristo Rey is located in the town of Esmeraldas in Ecuador's homonymous Pacific coastal province. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

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History

On 14 December, 1945 Pope Pius XII established the Apostolic Prefecture of Esmeraldas on territory split from the Diocese of Portoviejo.

It was elevated to an Apostolic Vicariate by the same pope on 14 November, 1957.

Incumbent Ordinaries

So far, all incumbents have been missionary members of -several- Latin Catholic orders
Apostolic Prefect
  • Jeroteo della SSma Vergine del Carmelo, Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.) (25 Oct. 1946 - †1954)
    • Apostolic Vicars
  • Angelo Barbisotti, Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (F.S.C.J.), Titular Bishop of Caunas (14 Nov. 1957 - 17 Sep. 1972†)
  • Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (M.C.C.I.), Titular Bishop of Castulo (14 June 1973 - 10 Feb. 1995†)
  • Eugenio Arellano Fernández, again M.C.C.I., Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1 June 1995 - present)

    • References

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