Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Puyo / Puyoën(sis) (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Vicar Apostolic (1998.11.28 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Cerbali |
Vicars Apostolic of Puyo (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Vicar Apostolic of Puyo (Ecuador)
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Titular Bishop of Cincari
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Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P.
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Vicars Apostolic of Canelos (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P.
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Prefects Apostolic of Canelos (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Sebastião Acosta Hurtado, O.P. Prefect Apostolic of Canelos (Ecuador) (1948.11.12 – 1958) | ||||||||||
Fr. Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P.
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Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P.
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Prefects Apostolic of Canelos y Macas (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Agostino M. León, O.P. (see above) |
Area: 30,000 km²
Population: 63,780 Catholics (69.4% of 91,870 total) (2019)
Statistics: 20 parishes, 14 priests (11 diocesan, 3 religious), 66 lay religious (7 brothers, 59 sisters), 5 seminarians (2019)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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