Diocese of Magangué
| Diocese of Magangué | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cartagena |
| Diocesan bishop | Ariel Lascarro Tapia |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Eloy Tato Losada IEME Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna OP |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 20,165 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 867,334 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 700,866 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11.304 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria |
| Website | http://www.diocesismagangue.org/ |
The diocese Magangué ( lat. : Dioecesis Maganguensis , span. : Diócesis de Magangué ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Magangué .
history
The diocese of Magangué was on April 25, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Recta sapiensque from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cartagena and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Magangué
- Eloy Tato Losada IEME , 1969-1994
- Armando Larios Jiménez , 1994–2001, then Bishop of Riohacha
- Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna OP , 2001–2012
- Ariel Lascarro Tapia , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Recta sapiensque , AAS 61 (1969), n.12 , p. 703s.