Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Maldonado
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Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Maldonado
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| Country | Peru |
| Apostolic Vicar | David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea OP |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus |
Juan José Larrañeta Olleta OP Francisco González Hernández OP |
| founding | March 10, 1949 |
| surface | 156,000 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 335,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 268,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,621 |
| Friars | 21 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| address | Apartado Postal 38 Puerto Maldonado, Peru |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Maldonadi ) is in Peru located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate based in Puerto Maldonado .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Puerto Maldonado was established on January 5, 1900 from the cession of territory by the diocese of Cuzco as the Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba . In 1906 it was entrusted to the Spanish Order of the Dominicans . On July 4, 1913, the Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Urubamba y Madre de Dios .
On March 10, 1949, the name of the Vicariate Apostolic Urubamba y Madre de Dios was changed to Vicariate Apostolic Puerto Maldonado .
Ordinaries of Puerto Maldonado
Apostolic Prefects
- Ramón Zubieta y Les OP , 1901-4. July 1913
Vicars Apostolic
- Ramón Zubieta y Les OP, July 4, 1913-19. November 1921
- Sabas Sarasola Esparza OP, June 13, 1923-29. February 1944
- Enrique Alvarez González OP, July 14, 1946–2. June 1948
- José María García Graín OP, March 10, 1949-27. May 1959
- Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte OP, May 27, 1959-26. April 1980, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Lima
- Juan José Larrañeta Olleta OP, April 26, 1980-2. February 2008
- Francisco González Hernández OP, February 2, 2008–23. June 2015
- David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea OP, since June 23, 2015
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)