The Vicariate Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis) is a
Latin Church
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missionary ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic vicariate of the
Catholic Church
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in
Bolivia. It is immediately
exempt to the
Holy See
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. Its
cathedra is located in the
episcopal see of
Concepción, Santa Cruz.
History
On 13 December 1951
Pope Pius XII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez from the
Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos.
Leadership
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Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum,
O.F.M. † (16 November 1953 – 18 September 1971)
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Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. † (18 December 1972 – 13 October 2000)
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Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, O.F.M. (31 October 2001 – Present)
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
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Sources
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
Christian organizations established in 1951
1951 establishments in Bolivia
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Bolivia
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