Diocese of Apartadó
| Diocese of Apartadó | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia |
| Diocesan bishop | Hugo Alberto Torres Marín |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 26,000 km² |
| Parishes | 42 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 577,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 407,600 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 70.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,470 |
| Friars | 8 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 35 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeapartado.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó ( lat. : Dioecesis Apartadoënsis , span. : Diócesis de Apartadó ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Apartadó .
history
The diocese Apartadó was established on June 18, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Quo aptius from cession of territory of the diocese of Antioquía . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia as a suffragan .
Bishops of Apartadó
- Isaías Duarte Cancino , 1988–1995, then Archbishop of Cali
- Tulio Duque Gutiérrez SDS , 1997–2001, then Bishop of Pereira
- Germán Garcia Isaza CM , 2002-2006
- Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval , 2007–2014
- Hugo Alberto Torres Marín since 2015