Apostolic Vicariate of

San Ramón

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: San Ramón / Sancti Raymundi (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Francisco Solano (July 14)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 18

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1900.02.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ucayali / de Ucayali (Latin) (from Diocese of Ayacucho and Diocese of Huánuco)
1925.07.14: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali / de Ucayali (Latin)
1956.03.02: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón / Sancti Raymundi (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa and Apostolic Vicariate of Requena)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2003.03.11 – ...):

Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (74)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of San Ramón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (74)
(2003.03.11 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru)
Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina

Born:	1950.06.11 (Lendava, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.14

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (2002.01.19 – 2003.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina (2002.01.19 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (2003.03.11 – ...)

Bishop Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M.
(1987.03.30 – 2003.03.11)

Born:	1932.04.12 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1957.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.07.05
Died:	2013.04.28 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1987.03.30 – 2003.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Fissiana (1987.03.30 – 2013.04.28)

Bishop Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M.
(1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Born:	1916.02.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.02
Died:	1983.01.24 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Ammoniace (1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M.
(1956.03.02 – 1970.01.19)

Born:	1891.01.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1917.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.10.04
Died:	1970.01.19 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1940.07.10 – 1956.03.02)

Titular Bishop of Madaurus (1940.07.10 – 1970.01.19)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1956.03.02 – 1970.01.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Ucayali (Roman Rite)

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M.
(1940.07.10 – 1956.03.02)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M.
(1925.07.14 – 1939)

Born:	1869.09.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.02.07
Died:	1945.07.12 († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1913.01.28 – 1925.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1925.07.14 – 1939)

Titular Bishop of Flavias (1925.07.14 – 1945.07.12)

Prefects Apostolic of Ucayali (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1913.01.28 – 1925.07.14)

(see above)

Fr. Bernardo Irastorza, O.F.M.
(1905.09 – 1912)

Died:

1912

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1905.09 – 1912)

Fr. Augustín Alemany, O.F.M.
(1905.02.14 – 1905.09)

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1905.02.14 – 1905.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (74) (2002.01.19 – 2003.03.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Ramón, San Ramón, Junín

Huancayo (↙), Tarma (←), Huánuco (↖), Pucallpa (↑), Cruzeiro do Sul (↗), Puerto Maldonado (↘), Cusco (↘), Ayacucho (↓), Huancavélica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 72,409 km²

Population: 398,865 Catholics (80.0% of 498,720 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 38 priests (25 diocesan, 13 religious), 6 deacons, 70 religious (14 brothers, 56 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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