Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri

Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri Apostolicus Vicariatus Cuevensis Vicariato Apostólico de Camiri
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
Location
Country	Bolivia
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	104,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 144,000 120,000 (83.3%)
Parishes	24
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 May 1919 (102 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Camiri
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Apostolic Vicar
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The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is an apostolic vicariate located in the city of Camiri in Bolivia.

History[]

On 22 May 1919 Pope Benedict XV established the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The name of the vicariate has subsequently been changed twice. Pope Pius XII changed the name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo in 1951 and Blessed John Paul II gave it its present name in 2003.^[1][2]

Leadership[]

• , O.F.M. † (13 August 1919 – 27 October 1922) Died
• , O.F.M. † (21 January 1924 – 23 January 1950) Resigned
• , O.F.M. † (8 February 1951 – 18 December 1972) Resigned
• , O.F.M. † (18 December 1972 – 31 October 1992) Died
• Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † (17 November 1993 – 15 July 2009) Resigned
• , O.F.M. (15 July 2009 – Present)

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

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