Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho

The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho

Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis
Location
CountryVenezuela
Statistics
Area183,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
219,000
167,000 (76.3%)
Parishes12
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5 February 1932 (88 years ago)
CathedralCatedral María Auxiliadora
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Vicar ApostolicJonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.
Bishops emeritusJosé Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.
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Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

History

On 5 February 1932 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana (which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).

It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic and given its present name by Pope Pius XII on 7 May 1953.[1][2]

Incumbent Ordinaries

So far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation

Apostolic Prefects of Alto Orinoco
  • Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B. † (14 Nov. 1932 – 3 Aug. 1945)
  • Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. † (31 Jan. 1947 – 1950)
  • Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (21 Aug. 1950 – cfr. infra)
Apostolic Vicars
  • Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (cfr. supra – 5 Oct. 1974)
  • Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † (5 Oct. 1974 – 23 Oct. 1989)
  • Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. † (23 Oct. 1989 – 27 May 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
  • José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. (23 Feb. 1996 – present)

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

Sources and references
  1. "Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  2. "Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.



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