Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez
Niuflen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in the Santa Cruz department of Bolivia, established by Pope Pius XII on 13 December 1951 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Chiquitos. Immediately subject to the Holy See, its seat is the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Concepcion. Vicar Apostolic Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, O.F.M. has served since 31 October 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 December 1951
- Latin
- Niuflen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculada Concepción, Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000432
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,000
- Population
- 180,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.4%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 7,238
- Extent
- 81,493 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, 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
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion, Concepcion stands in Ñuflo de Chávez, 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
Ñuflo de Chávez is a missionary ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Church in Bolivia, an apostolic vicariate titled Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis in Latin. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it places its cathedra at the episcopal see of Concepción, Santa Cruz.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.