Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 133,900 111,000 (82.9%) |
| Parishes | 12 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 November 1953 (70 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Vicar Apostolic | José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFMCap |
| Bishops emeritus | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, OFMCap. |
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The Apostolic Vicariate (Vicariate Apostolic) of Aguarico (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Aguaricoënsis), a missionary s-circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the Aguarico Canton in Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
On 16 November 1953 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic 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 Vicariate Apostolic on 2 July 1984.[1][2]
It remains exempt, i.e., immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
So far, all ordinaries have been Capuchins.
