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Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia

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Parishes
  
12

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Colombia

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
109,665 km²

Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)77,50069,900 (90.2%)

Established
  
8 February 1951 (66 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de La Paz

Emeritus bishop
  
William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez

The Vicariate Apostolic of Leticia (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Laetitiae) in the Catholic Church is located in the city of Leticia, Amazonas in Colombia.

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History

On 8 February 1951 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Leticia from the Vicariate Apostolic of Caquetá. Blessed John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 23 October 2000.

Ordinaries

  • Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap. † (11 Jan 1952 - 4 Mar 1989) Resigned
  • Alfonso Yepes Rojo † (4 Mar 1989 - 21 May 1990) Died
  • Sede vacante (21 May 1990 - 8 Jul 1997)
  • William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez (8 Jul 1997 - 23 Oct 2000) Resigned
  • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (23 Oct 2000 - present)

    • References

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