Vicariate Apostolic Aguarico
| Vicariate Apostolic Aguarico | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Apostolic Vicar | José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza OFMCap |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez OFMCap |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 22,000 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 147,688 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 127,655 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 86.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,509 |
| Friars | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico ( Latin apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis , Spanish Vicariato Apostolico de Aguarico ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Puerto Francisco de Orellana .
The name of the vicariate is derived from the Río Aguarico .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Aguarico was on November 16, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Napo as Apostolic Prefecture Aguarico .
On July 2, 1984, the Apostolic Prefecture Aguarico was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate.
Ordinaries of Aguarico
Apostolic Prefects
- Igino Gamboa OFMCap , 1954-1965
- Alejandro Labaca Ugarte OFMCap, 1965-1970
- Jesús Langarica Olagüe OFMCap, 1970-1984
Vicars Apostolic
- Alejandro Labaca Ugarte OFMCap, 1984-1987
- Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez OFMCap, 1990-2017
- José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza OFMCap, since 2017