Diocese of Ipiales
| Diocese of Ipiales | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Popayán |
| Diocesan bishop | José Saúl Grisales Grisales |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 11,089 km² |
| Parishes | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 620,969 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 560,288 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 90.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 87 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,898 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro Martir |
| address | Carrera 7a N. 7-12 Ipiales, Nariño Colombia |
| Website | www.diocesisdeipiales.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipiales ( lat. : Dioecesis Ipialensis , span. : Diócesis de Ipiales ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ipiales .
history
The diocese of Ipiales was on September 23, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. built with the papal bull Munus nostrum from cessions of territory of the diocese of Pasto . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Popayán as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ipiales
- Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas , 1964–1965, then Archbishop of Popayán
- Alonso Arteaga Yepes , 1965–1985, then Bishop of Espinal
- Ramón Mantilla Duarte CSsR , 1985-1987
- Gustavo Martínez Frías , 1987–1999, then Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro , 2000–2018
- José Saúl Grisales Grisales , since 2018