Apostolic Vicariate of

San Miguel de Sucumbíos

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: San Miguel de Sucumbíos / Sancti Michaëlis de Sucumbios (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1924.04.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of San Miguel de Sucumbíos / Sancti Michaëlis de Sucumbios (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Napo)
1984.07.02: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos / Sancti Michaëlis de Sucumbios (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2013.11.21 – ...):

Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. (67)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. (67)
(2013.11.21 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador)
Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari

Unum in Christo ut mundus credat

Born:	1956.06.16 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.10.09

Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador) (2010.06.11 – 2013.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari (2010.06.11 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (2013.11.21 – ...)

Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.02.10 – 2013.11.21)

Fr. Rafael Ibarguren Schindler
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.10.30 – 2012.02.10)

Bishop Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D.
(1984.07.02 – 2010.10.30)

Born:	1933.10.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.08
Died:	2016.05.07 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (1970.06.26 – 1984.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (1984.07.02 – 2010.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Seleuciana (1984.07.02 – 2016.05.07)

Prefects Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D. (later Bishop)
(1970.06.26 – 1984.07.02)

(see above)

Fr. Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D.
(1955.11.18 – 1968)

Died:

1968

Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (1955.11.18 – 1968)

Fr. Pacifico del Carmine, O.C.D.
(1937.05.21 – 1954)

Died:

1954

Prefect Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (1937.05.21 – 1954)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Cisne, Nueva Loja, Sucumbíos

Napo (↙), Ibarra (←), Tulcán (↖), Pasto (↖), Mocoa–Sibundoy (↑), Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (↗), Aguarico (↘), San José de Amazonas (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,084 km²

Population: 156,787 Catholics (67.3% of 233,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 223 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (13 diocesan, 20 religious), 5 deacons, 38 religious (22 brothers, 16 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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