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Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño

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Parishes
  
4

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Colombia

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
71,368 km²

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)42,25030,400 (72%)

Established
  
22 December 1999 (17 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen

The Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Carreniensis) in the Catholic Church is located in the city of Puerto Carreño in Colombia.

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History

On 22 December 1999 Blessed John Paul II established the Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño when the Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada was suppressed.

Ordinaries

  • Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.Ss.R. (22 Dec 1999 - 10 Jun 2010) Resigned
  • Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R. (10 Jun 2010–present)

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