Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo
Pilcomayoën(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Pilcomayo, Paraguay
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in the Paraguayan Chaco, named after the Pilcomayo River; established as an apostolic prefecture in 1925 and elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 14 July 1950 by Pope Pius XII. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and covers about 125,000 square kilometers. Its seat is the Catedral Santa Maria in Mariscal Estigarribia, Boqueron Department.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1950
- Latin
- Pilcomayoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000436
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 41,400
- Population
- 83,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.9%
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 3,450
- Extent
- 125,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.
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 Santa Maria, Mariscal Estigarribia stands in Pilcomayo, 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
A Latin Church missionary territory in Paraguay, the Vicariate Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pilcomayoënsis) belongs to no ecclesiastical province: it is exempt, answering directly to the Holy See through the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the (Marian) Catedral Santa María in Mariscal Estigarribia, an area around national capital Asunción, in Boquerón department.
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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.