Apostolic Vicariate of

Puerto Carreño

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Puerto Carreño (español) / Portus Carrenien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2023.03.30 – ...):Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (62)Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (62)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Roman Rite)

Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (62)Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (62)
(2023.03.30 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Él hace proezas con su brazo

Born:1962.06.07 (Corrales, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1999.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:2023.05.22

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2023.03.30 – ...)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.25 – 2023.03.30)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. (67)Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. (67)
(2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Aquí estoy Señor

Born:1958.03.04 (Génova, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1985.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2010.07.30

Titular Bishop of Zarna (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (2020.04.22 – ...)

Bishop Álvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. (91)Bishop Álvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. (91)
(1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Born:1933.04.14 (Calvario, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1962.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.24

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1999.12.22 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Vichada (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.
(1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Born:1933.03.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1959.08.09
Died:2019.06.10 († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M.
(1969.03.28 – 1974)

Died:1974

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1969.03.28 – 1974)

Fr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M.
(1963.01.22 – 1969)

Died:1969

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1963.01.22 – 1969)

Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M.
(1956.07.31 – 1962)

Died:1962

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1956.07.31 – 1962)

Special Churches

Puerto Gaitán (↙), Trinidad (←), Arauca (↖), San Fernando de Apure (↑), Puerto Ayacucho (→), Inírida (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,000 km²

Population: 47,500 Catholics (89.6% of 53,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 9 priests (3 diocesan, 6 religious), 1 deacon, 8 religious (8 brothers)

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