Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

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Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán
Basic data
Country Colombia
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Florencia
Diocesan bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa IMC
founding 1985
surface 38,000 km²
Parishes 14 (2018)
Residents 113,530 (2018)
Catholics 93,000 (2018)
proportion of 81.9%
Diocesan priest 8 (2018)
Religious priest 12 (2018)
Catholics per priest 4,650
Friars 16 (2018)
Religious sisters 15 (2018)
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

The Diocese of San Vicente del Caguan ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti vincentii , Spanish diócesis de San Vicente del Caguan ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Vicente del Caguan .

history

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo was established on December 9, 1985 by Pope John Paul II from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia . It lost part of its territory on February 22, 2013 in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano .

On May 30, 2019, Pope Francis elevated the Vicariate Apostolic to the rank of diocese and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Ibagué as a suffragan diocese . Pope Francis made the diocese subject to the Archdiocese of Florencia on July 13 of the same year as a suffragandiocese.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo

Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente

  • Francisco Javier Múnera Correa IMC, 2013–2019

Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán

  • Francisco Javier Múnera Correa IMC, 2013–2019

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
1990 207,000 212,000 97.6 18th 1 17th 11,500 22nd 12 11
2000 130,000 150,000 86.7 31 8th 23 4.193 28 17th 15th
2004 120,000 150,000 80.0 32 7th 25th 3,750 35 22nd 18th
2010 134,000 164,000 81.7 31 9 22nd 4,322 26th 23 18th
2012 120,000 142,000 84.5 37 14th 23 3,243 23 24 18th
2013 84,000 96,000 87.5 30th 14th 16 2,800 16 16 12
2018 93,000 113,530 81.9 20th 8th 12 4,650 16 15th 14th

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Elevazione a Diocesi del Vicariato Apostolico di San Vicente del Caguan (Colombia) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 30, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 (Italian).
  2. erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Florencia (Colombia) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 13, 2019, accessed July 14, 2019 (Italian).