Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico


The Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico, a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.

History

On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Aguarico from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in Orellana Province.
Pope John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.
It remains exempt, i.e., immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Episcopal Incumbents

''So far, all ordinaries have been Friars Minor Capuchin.
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