Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico

Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis
Location
Country	Ecuador
Statistics
Area	28,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 133,900 111,000 (82.9%)
Parishes	12
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 November 1953 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishops emeritus	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.
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The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.

History[]

On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in Orellana Province.

Pope John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.^[1][2]

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)
• , O.F.M. Cap. (2 Aug 2017 - )

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

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