Apostolic Vicariate of

San Ramón

Peru Peru

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: San Ramón / Sancti Raymundi (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Francisco Solano (July 14)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 18

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History

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2003.03.11 – ...):Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (73)Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (73)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of San Ramón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (73)Bishop Gerardo Antonio Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. (73)
(2003.03.11 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru)
Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina

Born:1950.06.11 (Lendava, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:1975.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:2002.04.14

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (2002.01.19 – 2003.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina (2002.01.19 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (2003.03.11 – ...)

Bishop Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M.
(1987.03.30 – 2003.03.11)

Born:1932.04.12 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1957.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1987.07.05
Died:2013.04.28 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1987.03.30 – 2003.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Fissiana (1987.03.30 – 2013.04.28)

Bishop Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M.
(1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Born:1916.02.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1971.05.02
Died:1983.01.24 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Ammoniace (1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24)

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M.
(1956.03.02 – 1970.01.19)

Born:1891.01.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1917.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1940.10.04
Died:1970.01.19 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1940.07.10 – 1956.03.02)

Titular Bishop of Madaurus (1940.07.10 – 1970.01.19)

Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1956.03.02 – 1970.01.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Ucayali (Roman Rite)

Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M.
(1940.07.10 – 1956.03.02)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M.
(1925.07.14 – 1939)

Born:1869.09.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1926.02.07
Died:1945.07.12 († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1913.01.28 – 1925.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1925.07.14 – 1939)

Titular Bishop of Flavias (1925.07.14 – 1945.07.12)

Prefects Apostolic of Ucayali (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1913.01.28 – 1925.07.14)

(see above)

Fr. Bernardo Irastorza, O.F.M.
(1905.09 – 1912)

Died:1912

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1905.09 – 1912)

Fr. Augustín Alemany, O.F.M.
(1905.02.14 – 1905.09)

Prefect Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru) (1905.02.14 – 1905.09)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Huancayo (↙), Tarma (←), Huánuco (↖), Pucallpa (↑), Cruzeiro do Sul (↗), Puerto Maldonado (↘), Cusco (↘), Ayacucho (↓), Huancavélica (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 72,409 km²

Population: 395,307 Catholics (80.0% of 494,270 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 41 priests (27 diocesan, 14 religious), 6 deacons, 69 religious (14 brothers, 55 sisters), 5 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.03.04

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