Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,556 km2 (4,076 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 125,000 113,000 (90.4%) |
| Parishes | 20 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 17 February 1893 (131 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Vicar | Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés |
| Bishops emeritus | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. |
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Zamora en [i.e. in] Ecuador (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.
Its cathedral see is located in the city of Zamora, in Ecuador's Amazonian Zamora-Chinchipe province. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
On 17 February 1893, Pope Leo XIII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Zamora from the Ecuadorian Apostolic Vicariate of Napo.
Its name was changed slightly by Pope John Paul II to the Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador on 22 February 1991.[1][2] This avoids confusion with other cities called Zamora, in Europe and the Americas (including bishoprics in Spain and Mexico).
So far, all its apostolic vicars have been Franciscans (O.F.M. ).
