Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico

The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico (), a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.

History

On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Apostolic prefecture of Aguarico from the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, in Orellana Province.

Pope John Paul II elevated it to a Apostolic vicariate on 2 July 1984.

It remains exempt, i.e., immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Episcopal Incumbents

So far, all ordinaries have been Capuchins.

• Igino Gamboa, OFMCap † (30 March 1954 Appointed – 1965)
• Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, OFMCap † (22 Jan. 1965 Appointed – 26 June 1970)
• Jesús Langarica Olagüe, OFMCap † (26 June 1970 Appointed – 1982)

• Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, OFMCap † (2 July 1984 Appointed – 2 July 1987)
• Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, OFMCap (22 Jan. 1990 – 2 Aug 2017)
• José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFMCap (2 Aug 2017 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

References