Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita

Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita

Apostolicus Vicariatus Tucupitensis
Location
CountryVenezuela
Statistics
Area40,200 km2 (15,500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
136,000
104,000 (76.5%)
Parishes4
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 July 1954 (70 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Divina Pastora
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Apostolic VicarErnesto José Romero Rivas

The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Tucupita (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Tucupitensis) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela.

It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral see is located in Tucupita, the city capital of Venezuela's Atlantic-coastal Delta Amacuro state.