Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas

Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis
File:Yurimaguas.jpg Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 252,000 216,000 (85.7%)
Parishes	23
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 February 1921 (103 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Virgen de la Nieves
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P.

The Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Yurimaguas in Peru.

History

On 27 February 1921 Pope Benedict XV established the Prefecture Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón from the Vicariate Apostolic of San León del Amazonas. The prefecture was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic by Pope Pius XI on 3 June 1936. It lost territory in 1946 when the Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier was established. The vicariate's name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas on 10 November 1960.

Ordinaries

• Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † (1921 - 30 Aug 1957)
• Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † (31 Aug 1957 - 25 Mar 1972)
• Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. (25 Mar 1972 - 6 Aug 1989) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Callao
• José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. (26 Nov 1991 - present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru