Diocese of Riohacha
| Diocese of Riohacha | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Barranquilla |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar CSsR |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Armando Larios Jiménez Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 17,122 km² |
| Parishes | 37 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 494,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 429,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 86.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,800 |
| Friars | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 63 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de los Remedios |
| address | Calle 13 N. 8-43 Riohacha, Guajira Colombia |
| Website | https://www.diocesisriohacha.org/ |
The diocese of Riohacha ( Latin Dioecesis Riviascianensis , Spanish diócesis de Riohacha ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Riohacha .
history
The diocese of Riohacha was on December 4, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Guajira as Apostolic Vicariate Riohacha . On July 16, 1988, the Vicariate Apostolic Riohacha was raised to the diocese. The diocese of Riohacha is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Barranquilla as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Riohacha
- Eusebio Septimio Mari OFMCap , 1954-1965
- Livio Reginaldo Fischione OFMCap, 1966–1988
Bishops of Riohacha
- Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve , 1988–1995, then Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
- Gilberto Jiménez Narváez , 1996-2001
- Armando Larios Jiménez , 2001-2004
- Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta , 2005–2020
- Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar CSsR , since 2020
See also
Web links
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