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Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho

*Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis*
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho; Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	183,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 219,000; 167,000 (76.3%)
Parishes	12
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5 February 1932 (92 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral María Auxiliadora
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B.
Bishops emeritus	José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Puerto Ayacucho (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Ayacuquensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

Its cathedral see, Catedral María Auxiliadora, is located in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, in Venezuela's Amazonas state. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

History

On 5 February 1932 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco from territory taken from the then Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana (which meanwhile became the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar).

It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic and given its present name by Pope Pius XII on 7 May 1953.^[1]^[2]

Incumbent Ordinaries

So far, all incumbents have been members of the missionary Salesians (S.D.B.) congregation

Apostolic Prefects of Alto Orinoco

Enrico de Ferrari, S.D.B. † (14 Nov. 1932 – 3 Aug. 1945)
Cosma Alterio, S.D.B. † (31 Jan. 1947 – 1950)
Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (21 Aug. 1950 – cfr. infra)

Apostolic Vicars

Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. † (cfr. supra – 5 Oct. 1974)
Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † (5 Oct. 1974 – 23 Oct. 1989)
Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. † (23 Oct. 1989 – 27 May 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. (23 Feb. 1996 – present)