Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri
Camirien(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Camiri, Bolivia
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in southeastern Bolivia, established on 22 May 1919 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco, renamed Cuevo in 1951 and Camiri in 2003. Immediately subject to the Holy See, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Camiri.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 March 2003
- Latin
- Camirien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000395
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 120,000
- Population
- 144,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 4,444
- Extent
- 104,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Jesus Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Camiri stands in Camiri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Bolivia's Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary territory whose cathedra stands in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal see of Camiri.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.