Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri

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Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri

Apostolicus Vicariatus Cuevensis

Vicariato Apostólico de Camiri
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
Location
CountryBolivia
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area104,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
144,000
120,000 (83.3%)
Parishes24
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established22 May 1919 (104 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Camiri
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Apostolic VicarFrancisco Focardi Mazzocchi
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri (

Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is found in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal see of Camiri
.

History

On 22 May 1919

John Paul II gave it its present name in 2003.[1][2]

Leadership

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

Sources

  1. ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  2. ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-30.