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Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas

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Parishes
  
23

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Peru

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
70,000 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 252,000 216,000 (85.7%)

Established
  
27 February 1921 (96 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Virgen de la Nieves

The Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Yurimaguas in Peru.

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History

On 27 February 1921 Pope Benedict XV established the Prefecture Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón from the Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas. The prefecture was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic by Pope Pius XI on 3 June 1936. It lost territory in 1946 when the Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier was established. The vicariate's name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas on 10 November 1960.

Ordinaries

  • Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † (1921 - 30 Aug 1957)
  • Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † (31 Aug 1957 - 25 Mar 1972)
  • Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. (25 Mar 1972 - 6 Aug 1989) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Callao
  • José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. † (26 Nov 1991 - 17 Dec 2016)

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