Parishes 20 Rite Roman Rite Area 10,556 km² | Denomination Catholic Church Pope Francis Country Ecuador | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
125,000
113,000 (90.4%) Established 17 February 1893 (124 years ago) | ||
The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Zamora en [i.e. in] Ecuador (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Its cathedral see is located in the city of Zamora, in Ecuador's Amazonian Zamora-Chinchipe province. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
On 17 February 1893, Pope Leo XIII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Zamora from the Ecuadorian Apostolic Vicariate of Napo.
Its name was changed slightly by Pope John Paul II to the Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador on 22 February 1991. This avoids confusion with other cities called Zamora, in Europe and the Americas (including bishoprics in Spain and Mexico).
Incumbent Ordinaries
So far, all its apostolic vicars have been Franciscans (O.F.M. ).