Diocese of Granada en Colombia
| Diocese of Granada en Colombia | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Villavicencio |
| Diocesan bishop | José Figueroa Gomez |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 35,000 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 205.151 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 151,931 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 74.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,901 |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Website | https://dgc.org.co/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Granada en Colombia ( lat. : Dioecesis Granadiensis in Columbia , span. : Diócesis de Granada ) is one in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Granada en Colombia .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Ariari on January 16, 1964 from cessions of territory of the Vicariate Apostolic Villavicencio . On October 3, 1987, she was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate .
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum Vicariatus it was raised to a diocese on October 29, 1999, took its current name and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bogotá as a suffragan diocese.
On July 3, 2004, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ariari
- Jesús María Coronado Caro SDB (January 16, 1964 - February 10, 1973, then Bishop of Girardot )
- Héctor Jaramillo Duque SDB (September 14, 1973 - August 3, 1981, then Bishop of Sincelejo )
- Luís Carlos Riveros Lavado SDS (March 5, 1982 - September 27, 1986)
Vicar Apostolic of Ariari
- Héctor Julio López Hurtado SDS (December 15, 1987 - October 29, 1999)
Bishops of Granada en Colombia
- Héctor Julio López Hurtado SDB (October 29, 1999 - June 15, 2001, then Bishop of Girardot)
José Figueroa Gómez (since August 8, 2002)