Vichada Apostolic Prefecture
The Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Vichada ) was one in Colombia situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture , located in Puerto Carreño .
history
The Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada was founded on April 7, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Vicariate Apostolic Villavicencio . On December 22, 1999 the Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada was dissolved by Pope John Paul II . The Apostolic Vicariates Puerto Gaitán and Puerto Carreño were established from the territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Vichada .
The prefecture area was 102,900 km². In 1999 there were 45,000 Catholics living there. The Apostolic Prefecture was divided into four parishes and had 15 priests .
Apostolic Prefect of Vichada
- Emiliano Pied SMM , 1956–1962
- Alfonso Cuypers SMM, 1963-1969
- Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález SMM, 1969–1974
- José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez SMM, 1977-1999