Apostolic Vicariate of

Puerto Carreño

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Puerto Carreño (español) / Portus Carrenien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Puerto Gaitán (↙), Trinidad (←), Arauca (↖), San Fernando de Apure (↑), Puerto Ayacucho (→), Inírida (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.04.07: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada (español) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio)
1999.12.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño (español) / Portus Carrenien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida and lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2023.03.30 – ...):

Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (63)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Roman Rite)

Bishop Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R. (63)
(2023.03.30 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Él hace proezas con su brazo

Born:	1962.06.07 (Corrales, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1999.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.05.22

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2023.03.30 – ...)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.25 – 2023.03.30)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. (68)
(2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Aquí estoy Señor

Born:	1958.03.04 (Génova, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.07.30

Titular Bishop of Zarna (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2010.06.10 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (2020.04.22 – ...)

Bishop Álvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. (92)
(1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Born:	1933.04.14 (Calvario, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.24

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (1999.12.22 – 2010.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1999.12.22 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Vichada (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.
(1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Born:	1933.03.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.09
Died:	2019.06.10 († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

Fr. Lucreciano Onofre Gonsález, S.M.M.
(1969.03.28 – 1974)

Died:

1974

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1969.03.28 – 1974)

Fr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M.
(1963.01.22 – 1969)

Died:

1969

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1963.01.22 – 1969)

Fr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M.
(1956.07.31 – 1962)

Died:

1962

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1956.07.31 – 1962)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Puerto Carreño, Vichada

Puerto Gaitán (↙), Trinidad (←), Arauca (↖), San Fernando de Apure (↑), Puerto Ayacucho (→), Inírida (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,000 km²

Population: 47,500 Catholics (89.6% of 53,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 9 priests (3 diocesan, 6 religious), 1 deacon, 8 religious (8 brothers)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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