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Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri

Vicariatus Apostolicus Camiriensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Vicariate Apostolic
  • Name Changed: 29 March 2003
  • Vicariate
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Square Kilometers: 104,000 (40,170 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Misión Católica, Calle Méndez Arco s/n, Casilla 36, Camiri, Bolivia
  • Telephone: (03)9522.970
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco
22 May 1919ErectedArchdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco (erected) (Chaco)
12 February 1925Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Chaco (South of the twenty-second parallel) Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo (erected)
21 December 1926Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Chaco
Diocese of Tarija (Boundaries Adjusted)
12 May 1944Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Chaco (Boundaries adjusted)
Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Boundaries adjusted)
Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo
8 February 1951Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Chaco Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo
Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri
29 March 2003Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Cuevo Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco
195026,96514141,9261020ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo
196664,00068,00094.1%19193,36892918ap1967
197065,00069,00094.2%20203,250222818ap1971
197675,00085,00088.2%123243,1251323220ap1977
198076,00080,00095.0%23233,304323820ap1981
199088,00097,00090.7%120214,190254520ap1991
1999108,750120,15090.5%114157,2501225122ap2000
2000101,600120,40084.4%214166,3501205323ap2001
2001108,000123,30087.6%415195,6841214723ap2002
2002105,400120,00087.8%515205,2701195423ap2003
Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri
2003113,800132,90085.6%712195,9892165423ap2004
2004110,500129,00085.7%712195,8153165723ap2005
2010120,000144,00083.3%1313264,6151175024ap2011
2014136,386167,93881.2%1212245,682143826ap2015
2017147,893185,69979.6%1510255,915123025ap2018
2020148,885183,91781.0%1710275,514112924ap2021
2022145,470184,69678.8%1610265,595112724ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 11, Page 234, and Page 235
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 19, Page 20, and Page 21
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 36, Page 178
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 481, and Page 482
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 95, Page 369

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