Parishes 30 Rite Roman Rite Country Bolivia | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 150,686 km² | |
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Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Holy See Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
206,010
164,808 (80%) Established 1 December 1917 (99 years ago) | ||
The Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (or Beni for short) (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis) is an apostolic vicariate (missionary pre-dicoesean jurisdiction), hence exempt, i.e. not subject part of any ecclesiastical pri-ovicne. Its cathedral episcopal see 'Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad' (devoted to the Holy Trinity) is in the city of Trinidad in Bolivia's Amazonian interior.
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History
On 1 December 1917 Pope Benedict XV established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (now an archdiocese).
It lost territory twice in 1942, when Pope Pius XII created the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando and Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes
Exceptionally for a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, it was repeatedly (since 1781) given an auxiliary bishop, so as to be headed by two titular bishops.