Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes

Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Bolivia

Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes Apostolicus Reyesensis Vicariato Apostólico de Reyes

Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	60,006 km² (23,168 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 150,000 112,000 (74.7%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 September 1942 (81 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Kings in Reyes
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	Vacant
Apostolic Administrator	Eugenio Coter
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Niuflensis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Reyes.

History

On 1 September 1942 Pope Pius XII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes from the Vicariate Apostolic of El Beni.^[1]^[2]

Apostolic Vicars

Giovanni Claudel, C.Ss.R. † (14 July 1943 – 12 December 1955) Died
José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.Ss.R. † (11 December 1956 – 11 December 1970) Resigned
Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † (14 June 1973 – 1 May 1999) Resigned
Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. (1 May 1999 – 18 February 2019) Resigned
Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. (1 June 2019 – 7 July 2022) Died
Eugenio Coter, Apostolic Administrator (since 9 July 2022)

Coadjutor

Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. (1977-1999), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic

Auxiliary Bishop

Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. (14 February 2014 – 1 June 2019) ^[3]

Sources

^ "Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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