Apostolic Vicariate of

Puyo

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Puyo / Puyoën(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1886.10.04: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos y Macas (from Apostolic Vicariate of Napo)
1930.02.19: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Canelos / Canelosen(sis) (Latin)
1964.09.29: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Canelos / Canelosen(sis) (Latin)
1976.05.18: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo / Puyoën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (1998.11.28 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Cob García (73)

Titular Bishop of Cerbali

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Puyo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Cob García (73)
(1998.11.28 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador)
Titular Bishop of Cerbali

Haced todo con amor

Born:	1951.10.23 (La Horra, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1976.10.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.01.06

Priest of Burgos (Spain) (1976.10.23 – 1998.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Cerbali (1998.11.28 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador) (1998.11.28 – ...)

Bishop Frumencio Escudero Arenas (77)
(1992.10.06 – 1998.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Cincari
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puyo (Ecuador)

Born:	1947.10.27 (Celada del Camino, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.11.29

Priest of Puyo (Ecuador) (1985.08.15 – 1992.10.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador) (1992.10.06 – 1998.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Cincari (1992.10.06 – ...)

Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P.
(1976.05.18 – 1990.02.28)

Born:	1918.03.21 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1942.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.08.15
Died:	1990.02.28 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1973.07.05 – 1976.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Molicunza (1973.07.05 – 1990.02.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador) (1976.05.18 – 1990.02.28)

Vicars Apostolic of Canelos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P.
(1973.07.05 – 1976.05.18)

(see above)

Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P.
(1964.09.29 – 1972.12.11)

Born:	1920.05.10 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1944.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.03
Died:	1994.08.22 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1959.01.24 – 1964.09.29)

Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia (1964.09.29 – 1972.12.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1964.09.29 – 1972.12.11)

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (1972.12.11 – 1985.05.02)

Prefects Apostolic of Canelos (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. (later Bishop)
(1959.01.24 – 1964.09.29)

(see above)

Fr. Sebastião Acosta Hurtado, O.P.
(1948.11.12 – 1958)

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1948.11.12 – 1958)

Fr. Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P.
(1936.09.16 – 1948)

Died:

1948

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1936.09.16 – 1948)

Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P.
(1930.02.19 – 1936)

Died:

1936

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Ecuador) (1926.03.17 – 1930.02.19)

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1930.02.19 – 1936)

Prefects Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Roman Rite)

Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P.
(1926.03.17 – 1930.02.19)

(see above)

Fr. Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P.
(1898 – 1909)

Born:	1865.04.01 (Cotacachi, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1887.10.16
Died:	1938.06.11 (Quito, Ecuador † 73)

Prefect Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Ecuador) (1898 – 1909)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Puyo, Pastaza

Ambato (←), Napo (↑), Aguarico (↗), Iquitos (↘), Méndez (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,000 km²

Population: 64,989 Catholics (64.8% of 100,245 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 18 priests (15 diocesan, 3 religious), 66 religious (6 brothers, 60 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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