Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón
Sancti Raymundi
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · San Ramón, Peru
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in the central Peruvian Amazon, erected 2 March 1956 from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali and entrusted to the Franciscans. Its seat is in San Ramon in the Junin region, covering some 80,000 square kilometers of the selva central.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1956
- Latin
- Sancti Raymundi
- Patron
- San Francisco Solano
- Annuario code
- 001000455
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 322,000
- Population
- 429,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.1%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 7,854
- Extent
- 80,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
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
- Gerardo Antonio Zerdin Bukovec, 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 San Ramon stands in San Ramón, 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
San Ramón in Peru is the episcopal see of a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, the Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón, known in Latin as Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Raymundi.
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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.