Diocese of Buenaventura
| Diocese of Buenaventura | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cali |
| Diocesan bishop | Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Héctor Epalza Quintero |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 6,633 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 413,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 407,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 98.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,971 |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Buenaventura |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buenaventura ( lat. : Dioecesis Bonaventurensis , span. : Diócesis de Buenaventura ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Buenaventura .
history
The diocese of Buenaventura was on November 14, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Papal Bull Provvida Mater Ecclesia from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Cali and the Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco as the Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura . On November 30, 1996, the Vicariate Apostolic Buenaventura was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cali as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
- Gerardo Valencia Cano MXY , 1953-1972
- Heriberto Correa Yepes MXY, 1973-1996
- Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez , 1996–2003, then Bishop of Garzón
- Héctor Epalza Quintero PSS , 2004-2017
- Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya , since 2017