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Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Bolivia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (or Beni for short) (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate. As an exempt territory, it is not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedra is in the Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (devoted to the Holy Trinity), in the episcopal see of Trinidad in Bolivia's Amazonian interior.
Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni Apostolicus Vicariatus Benensis Vicariato Apostólico de El Beni o Beni | |
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Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 150,686 km2 (58,180 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 206,010 164,808 (80%) |
| Parishes | 30 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 December 1917 (106 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Trinidad |
| Patron saint | Holy Trinity |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Vicar Apostolic | Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. |
| Bishops emeritus | Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. |
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On 1 December 1917 Pope Benedict XV established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (now an archdiocese).
It lost territory twice in 1942, when Pope Pius XII created the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando and Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes.[1][2]
Exceptionally for a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, it was repeatedly (since 1781) given an auxiliary bishop, so as to be headed by two titular bishops.
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