Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Venezuela
The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.
Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
On 5 February 1932 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana (which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).
It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic and given its present name by Pope Pius XII on 7 May 1953.[1][2]
Incumbent Ordinaries
So far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation
- Apostolic Prefects of Alto Orinoco
- Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B. † (14 Nov. 1932 – 3 Aug. 1945)
- Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. † (31 Jan. 1947 – 1950)
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (21 Aug. 1950 – cfr. infra)
- Apostolic Vicars
- Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (cfr. supra – 5 Oct. 1974)
- Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † (5 Oct. 1974 – 23 Oct. 1989)
- Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. † (23 Oct. 1989 – 27 May 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
- José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. (23 Feb. 1996 – present)
See also
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