Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú

Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú
Apostolicus Vicariatus Mituensis
Location
Country Colombia
Statistics
Area 54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
29,400
23,300 (79.3%)
Parishes 9
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 9 June 1949 (65 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral María Inmaculada
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Vicar Apostolic Sede vacante
Emeritus Bishops William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Mituensis) in the Catholic Church is located in the city of Mitú in Colombia.

History

On 9 June 1949 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Mitú from the Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín. It lost territory when the Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare was created in 1989. On 19 June of the same year Blessed John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic and named it the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú-Puerto Inírida. It was split in two on 30 November 1996 creating the Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida and the Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida.[1][2]

Ordinaries

See also

Sources

  1. "Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. "Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.