Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni

Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis Vicariato Apostólico de El Beni o Beni
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Location
Country	Bolivia
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	150,686 km2 (58,180 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 206,010 164,808 (80%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 December 1917 (104 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Trinidad
Patron saint	Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	, O.F.M.
Auxiliary Bishops	, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritus	, O.F.M.
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The Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (or Beni for short) (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis) is an apostolic vicariate (missionary pre-dicoesean jurisdiction), hence exempt, i.e. not subject part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral episcopal see 'Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad' (devoted to the Holy Trinity) is in the city of Trinidad in Bolivia's Amazonian interior.

History[]

On 1 December 1917 Pope Benedict XV established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (now an archdiocese).

It lost territory twice in 1942, when Pope Pius XII created the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando and Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes.^[1][2]

Exceptionally for a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, it was repeatedly (since 1781) given an auxiliary bishop, so as to be headed by two titular bishops.

Ordinaries[]

So far, all members of the missionary Friars Minor (O.F.M.)

• , O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Catenna (13 August 1919 – † 5 March 1926)
• , O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Titiopolis (10 July 1926 – 1953) Resigned
• , O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Caltadria (29 June 1953 – 17 November 1986) Resigned
  • Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Salpi (1981.11.30 – 2007.06.06)
• , O.F.M., Titular Bishop of (17 November 1986 – 22 February 2020) Retired
  • Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Cenculiana (2007.06.06 – 2009.07.15)
  • Auxiliary Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Mutugenna (2010.11.06 – ...)
• , O.F.M. (2020.11.28 -

See also[]

• List of Jesuit sites
• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

References[]

Sources and external links[]

• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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