Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic prefectures

Saint Francis Xavier, Apostolic Prefecture of

SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI

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SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is located in the interior of the northern regions of Peru.

It was erected on 11 Jan. 1946 with territory detached from the dioceses of Chachapoyas and Cajamarca and from the apostolic vicariate of S. Gabriele dell'Addolorata, and it was entrusted to the Jesuits. It measures an area of about 25,000 sq km with 25,000 inhabitants, of whom 16,309 are Catholics. There are 6 Jesuits, 4 brothers, 5 sisters. Primary stations 5, churches 2, chapels 26, elementary schools 29 and secondary schools 2.

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BIBL.: AAS, 38 (1946), pp. 416-17; MC, 1950, p. 56.

Saverio Paventi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1756.

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Paventi, Saverio. “San Francesco Saverio, prefettura apostolica di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1756. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-francesco-saverio-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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Paventi, Saverio. “San Francesco Saverio, prefettura apostolica di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1756. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-francesco-saverio-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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  title     = {San Francesco Saverio, prefettura apostolica di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1756},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/san-francesco-saverio-prefettura-apostolica-di}
}

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