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Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri

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Latin Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Bolivia
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 km (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 (105 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Camiri
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Apostolic VicarFrancisco Focardi Mazzocchi
Map

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 Pope Benedict XV established the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The name of the vicariate has subsequently been changed twice. Pope Pius XII changed the name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo in 1951 and John Paul II gave it its present name in 2003.

Leadership

See also

Sources

  1. "Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  2. "Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
Province of Cochabamba
Province of La Paz
Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Province of Sucre
Sui iuris jurisdictions


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