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Apostolic Vicariate of San José de Amazonas

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Country
  
Peru

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
155,000 km²

Parishes
  
11

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 180,000 132,000 (73.3%)

Established
  
13 July 1945 (71 years ago)

The Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Iosephi de Amazones) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Indiana in Peru.

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History

On 13 July 1945 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of San José de Amazonas from the Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas. The prefecture was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic on 3 July 1955.

Ordinaries

  • José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † (4 Jan 1946 - 25 Dec 1968)
  • Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. † (29 May 1969 - 17 Jan 1998)
  • Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. (17 Jan 1998 - 8 Aug 2011)

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