Diocese of Ocaña
| Diocese of Ocaña | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 740,827 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 531.089 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 71.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,901 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santa Ana |
The Diocese of Ocaña ( lat. : Dioecesis Ocaniensis , span. : Diócesis de Ocaña ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ocaña .
history
The Ocaña diocese was founded on October 26, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Erected from cession of the diocese of Santa Marta and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ocaña
- Rafael Sarmiento Peralta , 1962–1972, then Bishop of Neiva
- Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal , 1972–1992, then Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia
- Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra , 1993-2014
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Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos , 2014–2020, then Archbishop of Tunja
- Sedis vacancy since February 11, 2020
