The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary s-circonscription of the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
, is located in the
Aguarico Canton in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
's
Amazon Rainforest.
History
On 16 November 1953
Pope Pius XII established the
Prefecture Apostolic
An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
of Aguarico from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Napo
The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Napo ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Napensis) is a missionary circonscription (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church. Its cathedral see, Catedral San José, is located in the city of Tena, capi ...
. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in
Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in
Orellana Province.
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
elevated it to a
Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.
It remains exempt, i.e., immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Episcopal Incumbents
''So far, all ordinaries have been Friars Minor Capuchin.
;Apostolic prefects
* Igino Gamboa,
O.F.M. Cap. † (30 March 1954 Appointed – 1965)
* Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † (22 Jan. 1965 Appointed – 26 June 1970)
* Jesús Langarica Olagüe, O.F.M. Cap. † (26 June 1970 Appointed – 1982)
;Apostolic vicars
* Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † (2 July 1984 Appointed – 2 July 1987)
* Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. (22 Jan. 1990 – 2 Aug 2017)
*
José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. (2 Aug 2017 - )
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Ecuador
The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises:
* four ecclesiastical provinces, each province is headed by the Metropolitanan archbishop of an archdiocese, and a total of ...
Sources and References
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador
Christian organizations established in 1953
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