The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú () is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the

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. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the

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(not part of any

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) and depends on the missionary

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Catedral María Inmaculada, dedicated to Mary Immaculate, in the city of

Mitú Mitú () is the capital town of the department of Vaupés in Colombia. It is a small town located in South eastern Colombia in the Amazon Basin. Founded in 1936, Mitú lies next to the Vaupés River at 180 meters above sea level. It is where th ...

, in

Vaupés Department Vaupés () is a departments of Colombia, department of southeastern Colombia in the Amazon rainforest, jungle covered Amazonía Region. It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering Brazil to the east, the department of Amazonas ...

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 15,200 Catholics (38.0% of 40,000 total) on 54,135 km² in 9 parishes and 12 missions with 27 priests (16 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 15 lay religious (11 brothers, 4 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

History

On 9 June 1949

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 ...

established the

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of Mitú on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín. It lost split-off territory on 19 January 1989 when the

Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

(now a diocese) was created. On 19 June 1989

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

elevated it to a

Vicariate Apostolic 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 ...

(entitled to a

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

) and named it the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú-Puerto Inírida. It was split in two on 30 November 1996, creating the hence renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú and the split-off Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida.

Ordinaries

(all

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; so far members of a Latin missionary congregation) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Mitú'' * Gerardo Valencia Cano,

Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions Yarumal is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. The municipality (three parishes and 20 villages) has an area of . The population was 41,542 at the 2018 census. Its average elevation is above sea level. It has a minor basilica, ...

(M.X.Y.) † (19 July 1949 – 24 March 1953); later

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Rhesaina Rhesaina (Rhesaena) () or Resina (Ῥέσινα) was a city in the late Roman province of Mesopotamia Secunda and a bishopric that was a suffragan of Dara. Rhesaina (Rhesaena, Resaena – numerous variations of the name appear in ancient authors ...

(1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21) as

Apostolic Vicar Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21) * Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † (11 Nov 1953 – Dec 1966 Resigned); later Titular Bishop of

(1973.01.29 – death 2010.09.09) as

of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1973.01.29 – 1996.11.30) and on emeritate *

Belarmino Correa Yepes Belarmino Correa Yepes (14 July 1930 – 20 March 2020) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Correa was born in Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He served as bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú The Vicariate Apos ...

, M.X.Y. † (30 Oct 1967 – 19 Jan 1989); later

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(1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29) as last

of San José del Guaviare (

) (1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29), promoted first Bishop of the same Buenaventura (1999.10.29 – retired 2006.01.17) ;''Apostolic Vicar of Mitú–Puerto Inírida'' * José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † (19 June 1989 – 30 Nov. 1996.11.30 ''see below''),

of Vescera (1989.06.19 – death 2013.02.23) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Mitú'' * José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † (''see above'' 30 Nov. 1996.11.30 – retired 17 Sept. 2009) *''Msgr. Damián Electo Chavarría Carvajal, M.X.Y., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (2009 – 2013.11.23), no other prelature'' * Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (2013.11.23 – ...), Titular Bishop of Casæ Medianæ (2013.11.23 – ...)

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