Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes
Reyesen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Reyes, Bolivia
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
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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.