Apostolic Vicariate of Napo

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Country Ecuador Denomination Catholic Church Area 24,600 km²		Parishes 20 Rite Roman Rite

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)111,00097,000 (87.4%) Established 7 February 1871 (146 years ago)

The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Napo (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Napensis) is a missionary circonscription (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church. Its cathedral see, Catedral San José, is located in the city of Tena, capital of Napo Province in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.

History

On 7 February 1871, Pope Pius IX established the Vicariate Apostolic of Napo from the Archdiocese of Quito. It remains exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

It has lost territory five times with the creation of the following jurisdictions within Ecuador:

Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos e Macas (1886; meanwhile a Vicariate Apostolic)

Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez (1893, as Méndez y Gualaquiza)

Vicariate Apostolic of Zamora (1893)

Apostolic Prefecture of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (1924; meanwhile an Apostolic Vicariate)

Apostolic Prefecture of Aguarico (1953; meanwhile an Apostolic Vicariate).

Episcopal incumbents

So far, all its Ordinaries have been members of the missionary Congregation of Saint Joseph (C.S.I.)

Emilio Cecco, C.S.I. † (28 April 1931 - 1938)

Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † (23 May 1938 - 22 Jan. 1941)

Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I. † (12 Nov. 1941 - 27 April 1978)

Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. † (27 April 1978 - 2 Aug. 1996)

Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. (2 Aug. 1996 - 11 June 2010)

Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. (11 June 2010 – present)

References

Apostolic Vicariate of Napo Wikipedia

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