Country Colombia Denomination Catholic Church Area 31,000 km² | Parishes 12 Rite Roman Rite | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
96,000
84,000 (87.5%) Established 9 December 1985 (31 years ago) | ||
The Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán, or in short Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Vincentii), is an apostolic vicariate (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction), which is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of an ecclesiastical province, of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Its cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, is located in the town of San Vicente del Caguán in Colombia's Caqueta Department (province).
History
On 9 December 1985, pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia (now a bishopric).
Pope Benedict XVI split the vicariate in two on 21 February 2013, creating the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente and the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano.
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite; so far all members of the Latin Consolata Missionaries, I.M.C.)