Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní

Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní

*Apostolicus Vicariatus Caronensis*
Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní; Apostolicus Vicariatus Caronensis
	Cathedral of St. Helen
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	80,309 km2 (31,007 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 56,000; 41,550 (74.2%)
Parishes	5
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 March 1922 (102 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Santa Elena
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Apostolic Vicar	Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas
Bishops emeritus	Felipe González González

The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Caroní (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Caronensis) is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, Catedral de Santa Elena, is located in the episcopal see of Santa Elena de Uairén in Venezuela's landlocked Bolívar state.

History

On 4 March 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní.

It lost territory in 1954 when the Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita was established.^[1]^[2]

So far, all apostolic vicars were Capuchins

Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, OFMCap † (23 Dec. 1923 – 24 March 1938)
Constantino Gómez Villa, OFMCap † (14 July 1938 – 11 Oct. 1967)
Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, OFMCap † (11 March 1968 – 23 Oct. 1995)
Santiago Pérez Sánchez, OFMCap † (28 May 1993 – 2 July 1994)
Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, OFMCap (6 Dec. 1995 – 9 April 2011: Appointed Bishop of Machiques)
Felipe González González, OFMCap (26 May 2014 – 27 April 2021)
Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas (27 April 2021 – present)

^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Caroní". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.

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