Apostolic Vicariate Tucupita
| Apostolic Vicariate Tucupita | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Venezuela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Vicar | Ernesto José Romero Rivas OFMCap |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 40,200 km² |
| Parishes | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 173,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 151,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 87.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 16,778 |
| Friars | 14 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Divina Pastora |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Tucupitensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Tucupita . It includes the state of Delta Amacuro .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate on July 30, 1954 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Caroní .
Vicars Apostolic of Tucupita
- Argimiro Álvaro García Rodríguez OFMCap (1955–1985)
- Felipe González González OFMCap (November 25, 1985– May 26, 2014, then Vicar Apostolic of Caroní)
- Ernesto José Romero Rivas OFMCap (since April 7, 2015)
