The Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a
Latin Church
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missionary ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic vicariate of the
Catholic Church
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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
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established the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco from the
Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( la, Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia. It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by ...
. 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
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gave it its present name in 2003.
Leadership
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Ippolito Ulivelli,
O.F.M. † (13 August 1919 – 27 October 1922) Died
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César Angel Vigiani, O.F.M. † (21 January 1924 – 23 January 1950) Resigned
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Cesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. † (8 February 1951 – 18 December 1972) Resigned
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Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. † (18 December 1972 – 31 October 1992) Died
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Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † (17 November 1993 – 15 July 2009) Resigned
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Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. † (15 July 2009 – 2 August 2017) Resigned
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Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M. (22 February 2019 – present)
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
The Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism was introduced in the 1530s and the first diocese was established in 1552. Evangelization among the Indians ...
Sources
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
Christian organizations established in 1919
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Bolivia
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