Diocese of Sincelejo
Diocese of Sincelejo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Colombia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cartagena |
Diocesan bishop | José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria |
founding | 1969 |
surface | 10,670 km² |
Parishes | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 997.215 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 803.745 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 80.6% |
Diocesan priest | 62 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10,438 |
Permanent deacons | 13 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 69 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral de San Francisco de Asís |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sincelejo ( lat. : Dioecesis Sinceleiensis , span. : Diócesis de Sincelejo ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sincelejo .
history
The diocese of Sincelejo was founded on April 25, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. built from cession of the Archdiocese of Cartagena and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Sincelejo
- Félix María Torres Parra , 1969–1980, then Bishop of Santa Marta
- Héctor Jaramillo Duque SDB , 1981-1990
- Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria , 1992-2014
- José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez , since 2015