Vicariate Apostolic Méndez
| Vicariate Apostolic Méndez | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Apostolic Vicar | Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra SDS |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | Pietro Gabrielli SDS |
| Vicar General | Segundo Manuel Cabrera Arévalo SDS |
| founding | 1893 |
| surface | 28,919 km² |
| Parishes | 70 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 120,400 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 105,500 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 87.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,931 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 38 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 91 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Purísima de Macas |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez ( Latin apostolicus Vicariatus Mendezensis , Spanish Vicariato Apostolico de Méndez ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Macas .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Méndez was on February 17, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Napo as Apostolic Vicariate Méndez y Gualaquiza . The Apostolic Vicariate Méndez y Gualaquiza changed its name to Apostolic Vicariate Méndez on April 12, 1951 .
Vicars Apostolic
Vicars Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza
- Giacomo Costamagna SDB , 1895-1919
- Domenico Comin SDB, 1920-1951
Vicars Apostolic of Méndez
- Domenico Comin SDB, 1951-1963
- José Félix Pintado Blasco SDB, 1963–1981
- Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly SDB, 1981-1993
- Pietro Gabrielli SDB, 1993-2008
- Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra SDS, since 2008