Diocese of Espinal
| Diocese of Espinal | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ibagué |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 14,000 km² |
| Parishes | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 495,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 447,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 90.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 97 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,515 |
| Friars | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | http://diocesisdelespinal.org/ |
The diocese of Espinal ( lat. : Dioecesis Espinalensis , span. : Diócesis de El Espinal ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in El Espinal .
history
The diocese Espinal was on March 18, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. built with the papal bull Qui Supremum Imperium from cessions of territory of the diocese Ibagué and subordinated to the archbishopric Popayán as a suffragan . On December 14, 1974, the diocese Espinal was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ibagué as a suffragan.
Bishops of Espinal
- Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa , 1957–1974
- Hernando Rojas Ramirez , 1974–1985, then Bishop of Neiva
- Alonso Arteaga Yepes , 1985-1989
- Abraham Escudero Montoya , 1990–2007, then Bishop of Palmira
- Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz , 2007–2014, then Bishop of Armenia
- Orlando Roa Barbosa , 2015–2020, then Archbishop of Ibagué
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Cathedral in Espinal
Coat of arms of the diocese of Espinal
