Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño, Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Puerto Carreño (español) / Portus Carrenien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Puerto Carreño, Vichada

Puerto Gaitán (↙), Trinidad (←), Arauca (↖), San Fernando de Apure (↑), Puerto Ayacucho (→), Inírida (↓)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2020.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (58)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Afufenia

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. (64)
(2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Born:	1958.03.04 (Génova, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.07.30

Titular Bishop of Zarna (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (2020.04.22 – ...)

Bishop Álvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. (89)
(1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Born:	1933.04.14 (Calvario, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.24

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1999.12.22 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Vichada (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.
(1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Born:	1933.03.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.09
Died:	2019.06.10 († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M.
(1969.03.28 – 1974)

Died:

1974

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1969.03.28 – 1974)

Fr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M.
(1963.01.22 – 1969)

Died:

1969

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1963.01.22 – 1969)

Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M.
(1956.07.31 – 1962)

Died:

1962

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1956.07.31 – 1962)

Statistics

Area: 57,000 km²

Population: 39,640 Catholics (78.1% of 50,750 total) (2020)

Statistics: 7 parishes, 11 missions, 15 priests (7 diocesan, 8 religious), 1 deacon, 10 lay religious (10 brothers) (2020)

History

1956.04.07: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada (español) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio)
1999.12.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño (español) / Portus Carrenien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida and lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán)