Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora in Ecuador
Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador Apostolicus Vicariatus Zamorensis in Aequatoria | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,556 km2 (4,076 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 20 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 17 February 1893 (132 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Apostolic Vicar | Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés |
| Bishops emeritus | Serafín 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.