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Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes

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Parishes
  
15

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
60,000 km²

Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes

Metropolitan
  
Immediately subject to the Holy See

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 150,000 112,000 (74.7%)

Established
  
1 September 1942 (74 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis) is an apostolic vicariate located in the town of Reyes in Bolivia.

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History

On 1 September 1942 Pope Pius XII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes from the Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni.

Leadership

  • Giovanni Claudel, C.Ss.R. † (14 July 1943 - 12 December 1955) Died
  • José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. † (11 December 1956 - 11 December 1970) Resigned
  • Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † (14 June 1973 - 1 May 1999) Resigned
  • Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. (1 May 1999 – Present)

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