Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri
Apostolicus Vicariatus Cuevensis
Vicariato Apostólico de Camiri
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Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Metropolitan | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 104,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 144,000 120,000 (83.3%) |
| Parishes | 24 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 May 1919 (105 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Camiri |
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| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Vicar | Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi |
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic ChurchinBolivia. Its cathedra is found in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal seeofCamiri.
On 22 May 1919 Pope Benedict XV established the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The name of the vicariate has subsequently been changed twice. Pope Pius XII changed the name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Cuevo in 1951 and John Paul II gave it its present name in 2003.[1][2]
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| Province of Cochabamba |
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| Province of La Paz |
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| Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
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| Province of Sucre |
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