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Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia
Location
CountryPeru
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area32,572 km2 (12,576 sq mi)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Current leadership
Bishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori

The Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru or Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier ( Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia) is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru . Its cathedral is located in the episcopal see of Jaén, in Peru's Cajamarca province. It remains immediately exempt subject to the Holy See and not part of an ecclesiastical province.

History

Bishops

Incumbent ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Mostly Jesuits (denoted by the S.J. post-nominal)
Vicar Apostolics of Jaén en Perú
Vicars Apostolic of San Francisco Javier
Prefects Apostolic of San Francisco Javier

Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop

References

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