Diocese of Tibú
| Diocese of Tibú | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona |
| Diocesan bishop | Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillo's OP |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 7,840 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 206,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 146,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 70.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,840 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Luis Bertran |
The Diocese of Tibu ( lat. : Dioecesis Tibuensis , span. : Diócesis de Tibu ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Tibu .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the territorial prelature Bertrana en el Catatumbo on August 1, 1951 from cession of territory by the diocese of Nueva Pamplona . On April 29, 1956, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Dedza .
On November 16, 1983, it changed its current name. She was raised to the diocese on December 29, 1988, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Bertrania en el Catatumbo
- Juan José Díaz Plata OP (September 13, 1953-1979)
- Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna OP (October 9, 1980 - November 16, 1983)
Prelates of Tibú
- Jorge Leonardo Gomez Serna OP (November 16, 1983 - March 6, 1986, then Bishop of Socorro y San Gil )
- Horacio Olave Velandia (January 21, 1988 - March 17, 1988)
- Luis Madrid Merlano (May 21, 1988 - April 19, 1995, Bishop of Cartago )
- José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (January 5, 1996 - December 29, 1998)
Bishops of Tibú
- José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (December 29, 1998 - October 23, 2000, then Vicar Apostolic of Leticia )
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Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano SDB (April 23, 2001 - December 2, 2009, then Bishop of Barrancabermeja )
- Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (March 2010 - 2011) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos OP (since 2011)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Tibú on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Tibú on gcatholic.org (English)