Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa

The Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pucallpaënsis) is a Latin Church Apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa

Apostolicus Vicariatus Pucallpaënsis
Location
CountryPeru
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area52,168 km2 (20,142 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics

538,000 (2010)
431,000 (2010)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
Vicar ApostolicAugusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.
Bishops emeritusJuan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E.
Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B.

Its cathedral is Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (dedicated to the Immaculate Conception), located in the episcopal see of Pucallpa in Coronel Portillo Province. It is the capital of that of the wider Ucayali region, in Peru's inland Amazon rainforest.

History

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Ordinaries

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Apostolic Vicars of Pucallpa

See also

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