Apostolic Vicariate of Napo
Napen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Napo, Ecuador
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in Ecuador's Amazon region, established by Pope Pius IX on 7 February 1871 from the Archdiocese of Quito. Its cathedral, the Catedral San Jose, is in Tena, capital of Napo Province. The see is currently vacant per Wikipedia.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 February 1871
- Latin
- Napen(sis)
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001000429
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,000
- Population
- 111,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.4%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 3,345
- Extent
- 24,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.9
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
- Celmo Lazzari
- Born
- 16 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Garibaldi
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI S. GIUSEPPE (GIUSEPPINI DEL MURIALDO)
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 San Jose, Tena stands in Napo, 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
In the city of Tena, capital of Napo Province in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, stands the Catedral San José, cathedral see of the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Napensis), a missionary circumscription (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church.
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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.