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Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes

Reyesen(sis)

Latin rite apostolic vicariate in the Beni department of Bolivia, erected in 1942 and immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat at Reyes. The see has been vacant since Vicar Apostolic Waldo Ruben Barrionuevo Ramirez, C.Ss.R. died on 7 July 2022; Bishop Eugenio Coter of Pando serves as apostolic administrator.

The see

Rank
Apostolic vicariate
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 September 1942
Latin
Reyesen(sis)
Patron
Epifanía del Señor, Nuestra Señora de Loreto
Annuario code
001000448

The see in figures

Catholics
112,000
Population
150,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
74.7%
Priests
17
Catholics per priest
6,588
Extent
60,006 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

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes
Eugenio Coter
Born
11 July 1957
Birthplace
Gazzaniga

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 the Holy Kings in Reyes stands in Reyes, 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

Reyes is an apostolic vicariate of the Latin Church in Bolivia, a missionary ecclesiastical territory whose cathedra stands at the episcopal see of Reyes.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Casa Parroquial, Calle Comercio s/n, Reyes, Beni, Bolivia
Telephone
6811.4484

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

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Sources

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.