Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico, Ecuador 🇪🇨

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Aguarico / Aguaricoën(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Puyo (↙), Napo (←), San Miguel de Sucumbíos (↑), San José de Amazonas (→), Iquitos (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1953.11.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Aguarico / Aguaricoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Napo)
1984.07.02: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico / Aguaricoën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2017.08.02 – ...):

Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. (56)

Titular Bishop of Ubaba

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Aguarico (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. (56)
(2017.08.02 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador)
Titular Bishop of Ubaba

Para que todos tengan vida

Born:	1969.06.23 (San Plácido, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.10.06

Titular Bishop of Ubaba (2017.08.02 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (2017.08.02 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. (84)
(1990.01.22 – 2017.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Assuras
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aguarico (Ecuador)

Ut Ecclesiæ crescant

Born:	1941.10.27 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1965.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.03

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1990.01.22 – 2017.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Assuras (1990.01.22 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Napo (Ecuador) (2023.05.31 – 2024.10.23)

Venerable Bishop Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap.
(1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02)

Todo para todos, Cristo en todos

Born:	1920.04.19 (Beizama, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.09
Died:	1987.07.02 (Tigüino, Ecuador † 67)

Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1965.01.22 – 1970.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Prefects Apostolic of Aguarico (Roman Rite)

Fr. Jesús Langarica Olagüe, O.F.M. Cap.
(1970.06.26 – 1984)

Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1970.06.26 – 1984)

Venerable Fr. Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1965.01.22 – 1970.06.26)

Todo para todos, Cristo en todos

Born:	1920.04.19 (Beizama, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.09
Died:	1987.07.02 (Tigüino, Ecuador † 67)

Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1965.01.22 – 1970.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Fr. Igino Gamboa, O.F.M. Cap.
(1954.03.30 – 1965)

Died:

1965

Prefect Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1954.03.30 – 1965)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Orellana

Puyo (↙), Napo (←), San Miguel de Sucumbíos (↑), San José de Amazonas (→), Iquitos (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 20,000 km²

Population: 146,364 Catholics (83.8% of 174,624 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (7 diocesan, 13 religious), 61 religious (17 brothers, 44 sisters), 3 seminarians