Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén in Peru

The Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru or Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia) is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru . Its cathedral is located in the episcopal see of Jaén, in Peru's Cajamarca province. It remains immediately exempt subject to the Holy See and not part of an ecclesiastical province.

Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia
Location
CountryPeru
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area32,572 km2 (12,576 sq mi)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
BishopGilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori

History

Bishops

Incumbent ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Mostly Jesuits (denoted by the S.J. post-nominal)
Vicar Apostolics of Jaén en Perú
Vicars Apostolic of San Francisco Javier
Prefects Apostolic of San Francisco Javier
  • Fr. Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. (later Bishop) (August 6, 1963 – April 24, 1971)
  • Fr. Juan Albacete, S.J. (November 7, 1961 – December 4, 1962)
  • Fr. José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. (October 23, 1959 – 1961)
  • Fr. Ignacio García Martin, S.J. (July 11, 1946 - 1958)

Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop

  • Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1991

References



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