Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Ayacucho
Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Ayacucho | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Apostolic Vicar | Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera SDS |
Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | José Ángel Divassón Cilveti SDB |
surface | 183,000 km² |
Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Residents | 230,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics | 176,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
proportion of | 76.5% |
Diocesan priest | 7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious priest | 21 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,286 |
Permanent deacons | 3 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Friars | 25 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 35 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral María Auxiliadora |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Puerto Ayacucho . It includes the state of Amazonas .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Alto Orinoco on February 5, 1932 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar . On May 7, 1953, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate of Ayacucho.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Alto Orinoco
- Enrico de Ferrari SDB (November 14, 1932– August 3, 1945)
- Cosma Alterio SDB (January 31, 1947–1950)
- Segundo García Fernández SDB (August 21, 1950– May 7, 1953)
Vicars Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho
- Segundo García Fernández SDB (May 7, 1953– October 5, 1974)
- Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro SDB (October 5, 1974– October 23, 1989)
- Antonio Ignacio Velasco García SDB (October 23, 1989– May 27, 1995, then Archbishop of Caracas )
- José Ángel Divassón Cilveti SDB (February 23, 1996– October 14, 2015)
- Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera SDS (since October 14, 2015)