Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas
| Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Apostolic Vicar | José Javier Travieso Martín CMF |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | Alberto Campos Hernández OFM |
| surface | 150,247 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 192,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 140,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 72.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,750 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 12 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| address | Av. La Marina 1487 Apartado 216 Iquitos [Loreto], Peru |
| Website | http://www.sanjosedelamazonas.org |
The Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Amazonas ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Iosephi de Amazones ) is in the northeast of Peru located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Iquitos .
history
Pope Pius XII In 1944 commissioned the French-speaking Franciscans in Canada (Franciscans of the Province of Saint-Joseph, Québec ), who had to break off their mission in Japan due to the Second World War , with the mission in the lowlands of northeast Peru, along the border with Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. On July 13, 1945 , the Apostolic Prefecture of San José del Amazonas was established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas, today's Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos . The name of the Franciscan Province was transferred to the prefecture. On July 3, 1955, the prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate.
Vicars Apostolic of San José del Amazonas
- José Damase Laberge OFM , January 4, 1946 to December 25, 1968
- Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque OFM, 29 May 1969 to 17 January 1998
-
Alberto Campos Hernández OFM, January 17, 1998 to August 8, 2011
- Miguel Olaortúa Laspra OSA , August 8, 2011–1. November 2014 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- José Javier Travieso Martín CMF , since November 1st, 2014