Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora in Ecuador

Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador

Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria
Location
CountryEcuador
Statistics
Area10,556 km2 (4,076 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 125,000
  • 113,000 (90.4%)
Parishes20
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established17 February 1893 (132 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Apostolic VicarJaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés
Bishops emeritusSerafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Zamora en [i.e. in] Ecuador (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria) is a missionary circonscription of the Roman Catholic Church.

Its cathedral see is located in the city of Zamora, in Ecuador's Amazonian Zamora-Chinchipe province. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.