Apostolic Vicariate of

Iquitos

Peru Peru

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Iquitos / Iquitosen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2021.05.15 – ...):Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. (58)Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. (58)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Iquitos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. (58)Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A. (58)
(2021.05.15 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru)

Born:1965.10.21 (Laguna de Negrillos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1993.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:2021.07.18

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (2021.05.15 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A.
(2011.02.02 – 2019.11.01)

Born:1962.11.22 (Bilbao, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1987.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:2011.04.16
Died:2019.11.01 (Iquitos, Peru † 56)

Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius (2011.02.02 – 2019.11.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (2011.02.02 – 2019.11.01)

Apostolic Administrator of San José de Amazonas (Peru) (2011.08.08 – 2014.11.01)

Bishop Julián García Centeno, O.S.A. (90)Bishop Julián García Centeno, O.S.A. (90)
(1991.01.05 – 2011.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Girus
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Iquitos (Peru)

Born:1933.10.22 (Sitrama de Tera, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1958.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1989.10.22

Auxiliary Bishop of Iquitos (Peru) (1989.06.19 – 1991.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Girus (1989.06.19 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1991.01.05 – 2011.02.02)

Bishop Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A.
(1967.06.12 – 1991.01.05)

Born:1923.09.15 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1948.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:1966.02.06
Died:2002.01.24 († 78)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1965.10.14 – 1967.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripæ (1965.10.14 – 2002.01.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1967.06.12 – 1991.01.05)

Bishop Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A.
(1955.05.08 – 1967.06.12)

Born:1893.09.19 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1921.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1955.07.10
Died:1985.09.04 († 91)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1955.05.08 – 1967.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Gazera (1955.05.08 – 1985.09.04)

Bishop José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A.
(1941.08.21 – 1954.01.31)

Born:1892.05.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1917.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1942.07.05
Died:1954.01.31 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Phæna (1938.01.08 – 1938 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Botrys (1941.08.21 – 1954.01.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1941.08.21 – 1954.01.31)

Vicars Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Roman Rite)

Fr. Claudio Bravo Moran
(Apostolic Administrator 1938 – 1941)

Fr. Rosino Ramos
(1935 – 1938)

Died:1938

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1935 – 1938)

Bishop Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A.
(1921.02.22 – 1935.02.24)

Born:1868.11.09 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1891.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1922.09.27
Died:1935.02.24 († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1915.09.15 – 1921.02.22)

Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1921.02.22 – 1935.02.24)

Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1921.06.16 – 1935.02.24)

Prefects Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Roman Rite)

Fr. Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A. (later Bishop)
(1915.09.15 – 1921.02.22)

(see above)

Fr. Rufino Santos Pérez
(1914.02.12 – 1915.09.15)

Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1914.02.12 – 1915.09.15)

Fr. Pedro Prat Escalas, O.E.S.A.
(1911.10.24 – 1914.02.12)

Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1911.10.24 – 1914.02.12)

Fr. Paulino Díaz Rodríguez, O.E.S.A.
(1900.06.19 – 1911.10.24)

Prefect Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru) (1900.06.19 – 1911.10.24)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Méndez (←), Yurimaguas (←), Puyo (↖), Aguarico (↖), San José de Amazonas (→), Requena (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 100,042 km²

Population: 1,067,935 Catholics (85.9% of 1,243,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 53 missions

Personnel: 34 priests (18 diocesan, 16 religious), 70 religious (27 brothers, 43 sisters), 4 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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