Diocese of Montelíbano

	Diocese of Montelíbano
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Cartagena
Diocesan bishop	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur
founding	1924
surface	11,500 km²
Parishes	19 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	327,924 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	298,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	90.9%
Diocesan priest	35 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	2 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	8,054
Friars	2 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	22 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Catedral de la Santa Cruz
Website	http://www.diocesisdemontelibano.org/

The diocese Montelíbano ( lat. : Dioecesis Monslibanensis , span. : Diócesis de Montelíbano ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Montelíbano .

history

Coat of arms of the diocese of Montelíbano

The diocese of Montelíbano was on June 12, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution of Christ Domini from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cartagena as Apostolic Prefecture Sinú . On January 12, 1931, the Apostolic Prefecture Sinú was by Pius XI. renamed with the Apostolic Constitution Constitutione Apostolica in Apostolic Prefecture Sinú-San Jorge . The Apostolic Prefecture Sinú-San Jorge was founded on March 10, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the Apostolic Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Si evangelicos and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate San Jorge . On November 20, 1954, the Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Montería .

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jorge was founded on April 25, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. elevated to a territorial prelature with the Apostolic Constitution Ex quo Deo and renamed the Territorial Prelature Alto Sinú . The Alto Sinú Territorial Prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cartagena as a suffragan . On December 29, 1998, the territorial prelature Alto Sinú was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ministry totius and renamed the diocese of Montelíbano .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Sinú

Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa IEME , 1925-1931

Apostolic Prefect of Sinú-San Jorge

Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa IEME, 1931-1949

Vicars Apostolic of San Jorge

Francisco Santos Santiago PIME , 1950–1957
José Lecuona Labandibar IEME, 1958-1959
Eloy Tato Losada IEME, 1960–1969, then Bishop of Magangué

Prelates of Alto Sinú

Alfonso Sánchez Peña CMF , 1969–1989
Flavio Calle Zapata , 1989–1993, then Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro
Julio César Vidal Ortiz , 1993-1998

Bishops of Montelíbano

Julio César Vidal Ortiz, 1998–2001, then Bishop of Montería
Edgar de Jesús García Gil , 2002–2010, then Bishop of Palmira
Luis José Rueda Aparicio , 2012–2018, then Archbishop of Popayán
Farly Yovany Gil Betancur , since 2020

Web links

Entry for the diocese of Montelíbano on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Christi Domini , AAS 17 (1925), n.1, p. 5ff.
^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Constitutione Apostolica , AAS 24 (1932), n.10, p. 39f.
^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Si evangelicos , AAS 42 (1950), n.10, p. 542f.
↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ex quo Deo , AAS 61 (1969), n.12, pp. 701f.
↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ministry totius , AAS 91 (1999), n.4, p. 330f.

[1] Pius XI: Const. Apost. Christi Domini , AAS 17 (1925), n.1, p. 5ff.

[2] Pius XI: Const. Apost. Constitutione Apostolica , AAS 24 (1932), n.10, p. 39f.

[3] Pius XII: Const. Apost. Si evangelicos , AAS 42 (1950), n.10, p. 542f.

[4] Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ex quo Deo , AAS 61 (1969), n.12, pp. 701f.

[5] Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ministry totius , AAS 91 (1999), n.4, p. 330f.