The Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (or Beni for short) ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis) is a
Latin Church
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missionary ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic vicariate. As an
exempt territory, it is not part of any
ecclesiastical province
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. Its
cathedra is in the Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (devoted to the
Holy Trinity), in the
episcopal see of
Trinidad
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in
Bolivia's Amazonian interior.
History
On 1 December 1917
Pope Benedict XV
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established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni on territory split off from the then
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 ...
(now an archdiocese).
It lost territory twice in 1942, when
Pope Pius XII created the
Apostolic Vicariate of Pando
The Vicariate Apostolic of Pando ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Riberalta. ...
and
Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes
The Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Reyes.
His ...
.
Exceptionally for a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, it was repeatedly (since 1781) given an auxiliary bishop, so as to be headed by two titular bishops.
Ordinaries
:''So far, all members of the missionary
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.)
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,
O.F.M.,
Titular Bishop
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of
Catenna
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Name
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(13 August 1919 – † 5 March 1926)
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Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón
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, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Titiopolis
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Name and location
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(10 July 1926 – 1953) Resigned
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Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta
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, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Caltadria
The diocese of Caltadria ( la, Dioecesis Caltadriensis, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
The location of the bishopric's original cathedra is now lost but it was in today's Algeria, and is recorded of the Ro ...
(29 June 1953 – 17 November 1986) Resigned
**
Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Salpi Salpi may refer to:
Geography
* Salapia, an ancient settlement in Daunia (present-day Apulia), Italy
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Salpi
People
* Salpy, also transliterated Salpi, a feminine Armenian given name
* Salpi Ghazarian, Armenian-Americ ...
(1981.11.30 – 2007.06.06)
*
Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Cuma
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(17 November 1986 – 22 February 2020) Retired
** Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Cenculiana (2007.06.06 – 2009.07.15)
** Auxiliary Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
Mutugenna (2010.11.06 – ...)
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Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. (2020.11.28 -
See also
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List of Jesuit sites
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Nearly all these sites have bee ...
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Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
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References
Sources and external links
GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
Christian organizations established in 1917
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Bolivia
Trinidad, Bolivia
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