Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada

The Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada () was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Vichada Department, Colombia. It was suppressed in 1999.

History

• April 7, 1956: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio.
• December 22, 1999: Suppressed to Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida and to establish two other new Apostolic vicariates: Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño and Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán.

Ordinaries

• Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M. (July 31, 1956 – 1962)
• Fr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M. (January 22, 1963 – 1969)
• Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M. (March 28, 1969 – 1974)
• Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. (May 6, 1977 – December 22, 1999)

See also

• Catholic Church in Colombia

References

External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links