Parishes 12 | Area 183,000 km² | |
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)219,000167,000 (76.3%) Established 5 February 1932 (85 years ago) Cathedral Catedral María Auxiliadora Address Calle Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas, Venezuela | ||
The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
On 5 February 1932 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana (which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).
It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic and given its present name by Pope Pius XII on 7 May 1953.
Incumbent Ordinaries
So far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation