The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Tucupita ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Tucupitensis) is a missionary 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 ...
in Venezuela.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral see is located in
Tucupita
Tucupita () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro.
Geography
Delta Amacuro consists almost entirely of the swampy Orinoco River delta. Tucupita is hot and humid, and lies well into the delta on the Caño Manamo river (o ...
, the city capital of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
's Atlantic-coastal
Delta Amacuro
Delta Amacuro State ( es, Estado Delta Amacuro, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, and is the location of the Orinoco Delta. The Paria Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean are found to the north, Bolívar State is found to the south, the Atlantic ...
state.
History
On 30 July 1954,
Pope Pius XII established the
Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita from territory taken from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní.
Incumbent Ordinaries
''Note: so far, all its Apostolic Vicars were
Capucins (O.F.M. Cap.) and
titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
s''
* Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez,
O.F.M. Cap. † (19 Dec. 1955 – 25 Nov. 1985)
* Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. (25 Nov. 1985 – 26 May 2014)
* Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. (7 April 2015 – present)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
The Catholic Church in Venezuela is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela comprises nine archdioceses, three vicariates, a military ordinariate, and two ...
Sources and References
External links
GigaCatholic, with extensive biographies of incumbents
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
Christian organizations established in 1954
1954 establishments in Venezuela
Tucupita
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