Quibdó diocese
| Quibdó diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 15,679 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 209.245 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 195,835 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 93.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,352 |
| Friars | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Francisco de Asís |
| Website | http://diocesisquibdo.org/Default.aspx |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quibdó ( lat. : Dioecesis Quibduana , span. : Diócesis de Quibdó ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Quibdó .
history
The diocese of Quibdó was on November 14, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. established from the cession of territory by the diocese of Antioquía and the Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó as the Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó . On April 30, 1990, the Vicariate Apostolic Quibdó was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Quibdó
- Pedro Grau y Arola CMF , 1953-1983
- Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio CMF, 1983–1990
Bishops of Quibdó
- Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio CMF, 1983–2001, then auxiliary bishop in Medellín
- Fidel León Cadavid Marín , 2001–2011, then Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro
- Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto , since 2013
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Quibdó - collection of images, videos and audio files
