Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic prefectures

Tumaco, Apostolic Prefecture of

TUMACO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI

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TUMACO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is situated on the southwestern coasts of Colombia.

The territory was erected into a prefecture on May 1, 1927 and entrusted to the Augustinian Recollects. It has an area of about 25,000 sq km with a population of about 200,000 inhabitants, all Catholics except for a few Protestants. The missionaries number 11, the sisters 26, the quasi-parishes 5, the mission stations 115. There is a seminary, 3 colleges, 162 schools.

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BIBL.: MC, 48 (1950), pp. 45; Anuario de la Iglesia Catól. en Colombia, 1951, Bogotá, pp. 333-34.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 604.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Tumaco, prefettura apostolica di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 604. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/tumaco-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Tumaco, prefettura apostolica di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 604. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tumaco-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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  title     = {Tumaco, prefettura apostolica di},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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