Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho

Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis
Location
CountryVenezuela
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area183,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
219,000
167,000 (76.3%)
Parishes12
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5 February 1932 (92 years ago)
CathedralCatedral María Auxiliadora
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Vicar ApostolicJonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.
Bishops emeritusJosé Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.