Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita


The Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral see is located in Tucupita, the city capital of Venezuela's Atlantic-coastal Delta Amacuro state.

History

On 30 July 1954, Pope Pius XII established the Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita from territory taken from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní.

Incumbent Ordinaries

''So far, all its Apostolic Vicars were Capucins and titular bishops