Apostolic Vicariate of Requena

Apostolic Vicariate of Requena

*Apostolicus Vicariatus Requenaënsis*
Apostolic Vicariate of Requena; Apostolicus Vicariatus Requenaënsis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	; 145,000 (2010); 128,000 (2010)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Current leadership
Bishop	Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Requena (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Requenaënsis) is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church located in the episcopal see of Requena in Peru.

History

March 2, 1956: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Requena from the suppressed Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali (along with two other vicariates: Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa and Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramon).

Vicars Apostolic of Requena, in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. (July 30, 2005 – present)
- Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. (May 15, 1987 – July 30, 2005)
- Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. (November 26, 1973 – May 15, 1987)
- Bishop Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. (January 26, 1957 – November 26, 1973)

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