Vicariate Apostolic Aysén
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Vicariate Apostolic Aysén
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| Country | Chile |
| Apostolic Vicar | Luigi Infanti della Mora OSM |
| Vicar General | Bernardino Zanella OSM |
| founding | February 17, 1940 |
| surface | 109,865 km² |
| Parishes | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 94,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 73,200 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 77.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,575 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora de los Dolores |
| Website | www.iglesia.cl |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Aysenensis , span. : Vicariato Apostolico de Aysén ) is in Chile located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate based in Coyhaique .
history
The Apostolic Prefecture Aysén was on February 17, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Alteris Nostris from cessions of territory of the diocese of San Carlos de Ancud . On May 8, 1955, the Apostolic Prefecture Aysén was by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution in amplitudinem raised to the Apostolic Vicariate.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Aysén
- Antonio María Michelato Danese OSM , 1940–1955
Vicars Apostolic of Aysén
- Antonio María Michelato Danese OSM, 1955-1958
- Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra OSM, 1959–1963
- Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo OSM, 1963–1988, then Archbishop of Puerto Montt
- Aldo Lazzarín Stella OSM, 1989-1998
- Luigi Infanti della Mora OSM, since 1999
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Apostolic Vicariate Aysén (Spanish)
- Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Aysén on catholic-hierarchy.org