Diocese of Arauca
| Diocese of Arauca | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona |
| Diocesan bishop | Jaime Cristóbal Abril González |
| founding | 1915 |
| surface | 30,500 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 298,100 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 273,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 91.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,056 |
| Friars | 2 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 19 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santa Bárbara |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdearauca.org/ |
The Diocese of Arauca ( lat. : Dioecesis Araucensis , span. : Diócesis de Arauca ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Arauca .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the Apostolic Prefecture Arauca on May 26, 1915 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Casanare . On November 11, 1970, she was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On July 19, 1984, it was raised to a diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona as a suffragan diocese. In 1989, Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, the first bishop of the diocese, was killed by the ELN guerrillas.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Arauca
- Emilio Larquère CM (January 1916 - November 9, 1923, then Prefect Apostolic of Tierradentro )
- Giuseppe Potier CM (May 7, 1924–1950)
- Graziano Martínez CM (October 27, 1950–1956)
- Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez MXY (July 31, 1956 - November 11, 1970)
Vicar Apostolic of Arauca
- Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve MXY (November 11, 1970 - July 19, 1984)
Bishops of Arauca
- Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve MXY (July 19, 1984 - October 1, 1989)
- Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano CSsR (March 29, 1990 - January 10, 2003, then Bishop of Líbano-Honda )
- Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (March 20, 2003 - February 2, 2010, then Bishop of Socorro y San Gil )
- Jaime Muñoz Pedroza (October 22, 2010 - July 11, 2018, then Bishop of Girardot )
- Jaime Cristóbal Abril González (since November 18, 2019)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Arauca on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Arauca on gcatholic.org (English)