Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú
Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú Apostolicus Vicariatus Mituensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 29,400 23,300 (79.3%) |
| Parishes | 9 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 June 1949 (74 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral María Inmaculada |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Vicar Apostolic | Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río |
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú (
Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Mituensis) is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia
.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its
Mary Immaculate, in the city of Mitú, in Vaupés Department
.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 15,200 Catholics (38.0% of 40,000 total) on 54,135 km² in 9 parishes and 12 missions with 27 priests (16 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 15 lay religious (11 brothers, 4 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
History
On 9 June 1949
Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín
.
It lost split-off territory on 19 January 1989 when the
Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare
(now a diocese) was created.
On 19 June 1989
Vicariate Apostolic (entitled to a titular bishop
) and named it the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú-Puerto Inírida.
It was split in two on 30 November 1996, creating the hence renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú and the split-off Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida.[1][2]
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite; so far members of a Latin missionary congregation)
- Apostolic Prefects of Mitú
- Gerardo Valencia Cano, Buenaventura(Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21)
- Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † (11 Nov 1953 – Dec 1966 Resigned); later Titular Bishop of Buenaventura(Colombia) (1973.01.29 – 1996.11.30) and on emeritate
- San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29), promoted first Bishop of the same Buenaventura(1999.10.29 – retired 2006.01.17)
- Apostolic Vicar of Mitú–Puerto Inírida
- José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † (19 June 1989 – 30 Nov. 1996.11.30 see below), Titular Bishopof Vescera (1989.06.19 – death 2013.02.23)
- Apostolic Vicars of Mitú
- José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † (see above 30 Nov. 1996.11.30 – retired 17 Sept. 2009)
- Msgr. Damián Electo Chavarría Carvajal, M.X.Y., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (2009 – 2013.11.23), no other prelature
- Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (2013.11.23 – ...), Titular Bishop of Casæ Medianæ (2013.11.23 – ...)
See also
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
References
- ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-16.[self-published source]
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
External links
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