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]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

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