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Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado

Vicariatus Apostolicus Portus Maldonadi



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Vicariate Apostolic
  • Name Changed: 10 March 1949
  • Vicariate
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 150,000 (57,937 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Mision San Jacinto, Av. Ernesto Rivero 100, 17001 Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru
  • Telephone: 998.807.477

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba
5 January 1900ErectedDiocese of Cuzco Prefecture Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios
4 July 1913ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of San Domingo de Urubamba Vicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios
Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
10 March 1949Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
21 April 1949Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Alto Purus)
Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali (Alto Yuruà)
14 December 1968Territory AddedArchdiocese of Cuzco (La Convención) Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
194930,00042,00071.4%22221,36327337ap1951
196632,50035,00092.9%404081253404ap1967
1970100,000150,00066.7%33333,0305053ap1971
1976142,000150,00094.7%33334,30345617ap1977
1980150,000165,00090.9%127285,35735507ap1981
1990218,000225,00096.9%127287,785335012ap1991
1999222,000238,00093.3%335385,8425455017ap2000
2000223,000238,00093.7%334376,0275465018ap2001
2001224,000245,00091.4%332356,400425017ap2002
2002220,000250,00088.0%633395,641374817ap2003
2003218,000252,00086.5%1719366,055305218ap2004
2004217,000258,00084.1%1921405,425354318ap2005
2010237,000296,00080.1%2420445,386353522ap2011
2014262,000327,60080.0%2926554,763323522ap2015
2017270,775338,21080.1%3916554,923193721ap2018
2020280,860350,76080.1%3015456,241204723ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 41, Page 429
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 62, and Page 63

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