Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas

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

Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	70,000 km^2 (27,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 252,000 216,000 (85.7%)
Parishes	23
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 February 1921 (99 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Virgen de la Nieves
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic elect	Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P.

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.[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † (1921 – 30 August 1957)
• Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † (31 August 1957 – 25 March 1972)
• Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. † (25 March 1972 – 6 August 1989) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Callao
• José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. (26 November 1991 – 20 January 2017)
• Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. (8 July 2020 - present)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

• Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. (1952-1957)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

1. "Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
2. "Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 17 April 2013.