Diocese of Girardot
| Diocese of Girardot | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
| Diocesan bishop | Jaime Muñoz Pedroza |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal Héctor Julio López Hurtado SDB |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 4,800 km² |
| Parishes | 57 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 630,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 501,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 79.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 95 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,395 |
| Friars | 39 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 328 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de La Inmaculado Corazón de María |
| address | Obispado Calle 19 N. 11-65 Girardot, Cundinamarca Colombia |
| Website | http://www.diocesisgirardot.org/ |
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The Diocese of Girardot ( lat. : Dioecesis Girardotensis , span. : Diócesis de Girardot ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Girardot .
history
The diocese Girardot was on May 29, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Erected with the papal bull Quandocumque tam amplio from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Girardot
- Alfredo Rubio Diaz , 1956–1961, then Bishop of Sonsón
- Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano , 1961–1972, then Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
- Jesús María Coronado Caro SDB , 1973–1981, then Bishop of Duitama
- Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal , 1982-1987
- Jorge Ardila Serrano , 1988-2001
- Héctor Julio López Hurtado SDS, 2001–2018
- Jaime Muñoz Pedroza , since 2018