Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico

Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Ecuador

Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico

Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis

Location
Country|  Ecuador
Coordinates| 0°28′13″S 76°58′49″W﻿ / ﻿0.4703°S 76.9803°W﻿ / -0.4703; -76.9803
Statistics
Area| 28,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2010)

* 133,900

* 111,000 (82.9%)

Parishes| 12
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 16 November 1953 (71 years ago)
Cathedral| Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Vicar Apostolic| José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFMCap
Bishops emeritus| Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, OFMCap.
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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

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On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Apostolic prefecture 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 Apostolic vicariate 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

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So far, all ordinaries have been Capuchins.

Apostolic prefects

* Igino Gamboa, OFMCap † (30 March 1954 Appointed – 1965)
* Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, OFMCap † (22 Jan. 1965 Appointed – 26 June 1970)
* Jesús Langarica Olagüe, OFMCap † (26 June 1970 Appointed – 1982)

Apostolic vicars

* Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, OFMCap † (2 July 1984 Appointed – 2 July 1987)
* Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, OFMCap (22 Jan. 1990 – 2 Aug 2017)
* José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFMCap (2 Aug 2017 - )

## See also

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* Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

## References

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1. ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Aguarico". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
2. ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

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Sui iuris jurisdictions|

* Military Ordinariate of Ecuador
* Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico
* Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas
* Apostolic Vicariate of Galápagos
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* Apostolic Vicariate of Napo
* Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo
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