Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas

Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 252,000 216,000 (85.7%)
Parishes	23
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 February 1921 (100 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Virgen de la Nieves
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic elect	, C.P.

The Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Yurimaguas in Peru.

History[]

On 27 February 1921 Pope Benedict XV established the Prefecture Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón from the Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas. The prefecture was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic by Pope Pius XI on 3 June 1936. It lost territory in 1946 when the Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier was established. The vicariate's name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas on 10 November 1960.^[1][2]

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † (1921 – 30 August 1957)
• Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † (31 August 1957 – 25 March 1972)
• Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. † (25 March 1972 – 6 August 1989) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Callao
• José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. (26 November 1991 – 20 January 2017)
• , C.P. (8 July 2020 - present)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic[]

• , C.P. (1952-1957)

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources[]

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