Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (
Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela
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Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of
Amazonas state. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province
.
History
On 5 February 1932
Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana
(which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).
It was elevated to a
Incumbent Ordinaries
So far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation
- Apostolic Prefects of Alto Orinoco
- Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B. † (14 Nov. 1932 – 3 Aug. 1945)
- Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. † (31 Jan. 1947 – 1950)
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (21 Aug. 1950 – cfr. infra)
- Apostolic Vicars
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (cfr. supra – 5 Oct. 1974)
- Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † (5 Oct. 1974 – 23 Oct. 1989)
- Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. † (23 Oct. 1989 – 27 May 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
- José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. (23 Feb. 1996 – present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
Sources and references
- ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.[self-published source]
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
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