Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Méndez (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Mendezensis) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.
Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez Apostolicus Vicariatus Mendezensis | |
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Cathedral in Macas | |
Location | |
Country | Ecuador |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,690 km2 (9,920 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 126,000 111,000 (88.1%) |
Parishes | 70 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 17 February 1893 (131 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Purísima de Macas |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Vicar Apostolic | Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. |
Bishops emeritus | Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. |
Map | |
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Its cathedral see, Catedral Purísima de Macas, is located in the city of Macas in Ecuador's Morona-Santiago province. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
editOn 17 February 1893 Pope Leo XIII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza from the Vicariate Apostolic of Napo.
Pope Pius XII shortened its name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez on 12 April 1951.[1][2]
Bishops
editIncumbent ordinaries
editSo far, all its apostolic vicars were members of the missionary Salesians order (S.D.B.)
- Apostolic vicars of Méndez y Gualaquiza
- Santiago (Giacomo) Costamagna, S.D.B. † 1921 (18 March 1895 – 1919)
- Domenico Comin, S.D.B. (1920.03.05 – 1951.04.12 cfr. infra
- Apostolic vicars of Méndez
- Domenico Comin, S.D.B. (cfr. supra; 1951.04.12 – 1963.08.17)
- José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. † (17 Aug. 1963 – 24 Jan. 1981)
- Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. † (24 Jan. 1981 – 1 July 1993)
- Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. (1 July 1993 – 15 April 2008)
- Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (15 Apr 2008 – present)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
edit- José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. † (13 Nov 1958 - 17 Aug. 1963)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-17.