An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. The hope is that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics for the Church to create a diocese. In turn, the status of apostolic vicariate is often a promotion for a former apostolic prefecture, while either may have started out as a mission sui iuris.
Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid SDB is a Roman Catholic missionary currently serving in Paraguay as the sixth Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción. On February 13, 2006, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Vicar to Chaco Paraguayo, an area with a population of 18,000 but only 5 ordained priests. As a result of this appointment, he was consecrated to the episcopate 22 April 2006. Prior to this appointment, Valenzuela served as a high-profile missionary in Angola. Valenzuela was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in eastern Guatemala's Izabal Department. It is exempt directly to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kananga is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oudtshoorn is a diocese located in the city of Oudtshoorn in the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay is a diocese located in the city of Concepción in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa is a Latin Church Apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is found in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal see of Camiri.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Belalcázar in the municipality of Páez, Cauca, in Colombia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo is an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church. It has a cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, located in the city of Puyo, capital of Pastaza Province in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Pilcomayo is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Paraguay.
The Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church located in the town of Indiana in Peru.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo is an apostolic vicariate and is immediately subject to the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches
The Mary Help of Christians Cathedral also called Fuerte Olimpo Cathedral is the name given to a temple belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Fuerte Olimpo the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay in northern part of South American country of Paraguay, near the border with Brazil.
Zacarías Ortiz Rolón was a Paraguayan Roman Catholic bishop.
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