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The Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (or Beni for short) () is a
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missionary ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...
. As an exempt territory, it is not part of any
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. Its
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is in the Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (devoted to the
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), in the
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of
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in
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's Amazonian interior.


History

On 1 December 1917
Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...
established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (now an archdiocese). It lost territory twice in 1942, when
Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...
created the
Apostolic Vicariate of Pando The Vicariate Apostolic of Pando () is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Riberalta. History * April 29, 1942: Established a ...
and
Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes The Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes () 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 est ...
. Exceptionally for a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, it was repeatedly (since 1781) given an auxiliary bishop, so as to be headed by two titular bishops.


Ordinaries

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(O.F.M.)'' *
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of
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(13 August 1919 – † 5 March 1926) *
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, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
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(10 July 1926 – 1953) Resigned *
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(29 June 1953 – 17 November 1986) Resigned **
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Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
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(1981.11.30 – 2007.06.06) * Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
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(17 November 1986 – 22 February 2020) Retired ** Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of
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(2007.06.06 – 2009.07.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Mutugenna (2010.11.06 – ...) * Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. (2020.11.28 -


See also

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*
Roman Catholicism in Bolivia The Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism was introduced in the 1530s and the first diocese was established in 1552. Evangelization among the Indians ...


References


Sources and external links


GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
Apostolic vicariates Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia Christian organizations established in 1917 Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Bolivia Trinidad, Bolivia {{Bolivia-RC-diocese-stub