Diocese of Yopal
| Diocese of Yopal | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tunja |
| Diocesan bishop | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero |
| founding | 1999 |
| surface | 17,725 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 424,409 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 359.109 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 84.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,776 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 14 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San José |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeyopal.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal ( lat. : Dioecesis Yopalensis , span. : Diócesis de Yopal ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Yopal .
history
The diocese of Yopal was established on October 29, 1999 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Casanare and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tunja as a suffragan diocese. For the first bishop was Misael Vacca Ramírez appointed only in April 2,001th He remained in office until April 2015.
Ordinaries
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Vicars Apostolic of Casanare
- St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz OAR (1893–1895), later Bishop of Pasto
- Nicolás Casas y Conde OSA (1895–1906)
- Santos Ballesteros López OAR (1920-1933)
- Pablo Alegría Iriarte OAR (1934-1939)
- Nicasio Balisa y Melero OAR (1941-1965)
- Arturo Salazar Mejía OAR (1965–1977), later Bishop of Pasto
- Olavio López Duque OAR (1977–1999)
Bishops of Yopal
- Misael Vacca Ramírez (2001-2015)
- Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (since 2017)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Yopal - Collection of images, videos and audio files
