Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimagua
| Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimagua | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Apostolic Vicar | Jesús María Aristín Seco CP (appointed) |
| surface | 70,000 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 394,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 265,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 67.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,600 |
| Friars | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 52 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Virgen de las Nieves |
| address | Bolivar 208 Yurimaguas, Loreto Peru |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis ) is in the northeast of Peru located Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate , based in Yurimaguas .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas was established on February 27, 1921 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas, today's Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos , as the Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón . It was entrusted to the Passionists . That is why the passionist brother Gabriel, canonized a year earlier, was elected patron by the painful Mother of God (Spanish: Gabriel de la Dolorosa ).
On June 3, 1936, the Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate.
The Apostolic Vicariate gave up on January 11, 1946 parts of its territory to found the Apostolic Vicariate San Francisco Javier, today's Apostolic Vicariate Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier .
On November 10, 1960, the name of the Vicariate Apostolic San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was changed to Vicariate Apostolic Yurimaguas .
Ordinaries of Yurimaguas
Apostolic Prefects
- Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri CP , 1921 - June 3, 1936
Vicars Apostolic
- Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri CP, June 3, 1936 - August 30, 1957
- Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga CP, August 31, 1957 - March 25, 1972
- Miguel Irízar Campos CP, March 25, 1972 - August 6, 1989, then Coadjutor Bishop of Callao
- José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde CP, November 26, 1991 - December 17, 2016
- Jesús María Aristín Seco CP, since July 8, 2020
See also
literature
- Miguel Irízar Campos : Cien años de presencia pasionista en el Perú . Arzobispado de Arequipa, Arequipa 2018, ISBN 978-612-00-3319-7 , pp. 234-286.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 1155.