Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán

Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente
Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Vincentii
Location
Country Colombia
Statistics
Area 31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
96,000
84,000 (87.5%)
Parishes 12
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 9 December 1985 (30 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Vicar Apostolic Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán, or in short Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Vincentii), is an apostolic vicariate (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction), which is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of an ecclesiastical province, of the Roman Catholic Church.

Its cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, is located in the town of San Vicente del Caguán in Colombia's Caqueta Department (province).

History

On 9 December 1985, pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia (now a bishopric).

Pope Benedict XVI split the vicariate in two on 21 February 2013, creating the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente and the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano.[1][2]

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; so far all members of the Latin Consolata Missionaries, I.M.C.)

Apostolic Vicars of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo
Apostolic Vicars of San Vicente del Caguán

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.

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