Archdiocese of Villavicencio
| Archdiocese of Villavicencio | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Óscar Urbina Ortega |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal CM |
| founding | 1903 |
| surface | 65,470 km² |
| Parishes | 118 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 540,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 506,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 93.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 142 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,104 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 30 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Website | www.arquidiocesisdevillavicencio.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Granada en Colombia Diocese of San José del Guaviare |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio ( lat. : Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Villavicencio ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Villavicencio .
history
The Archdiocese of Villavicencio was on June 23, 1903 by Pope Leo XIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Cum perplures from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Bogotá as the territorial prelature of Intendencias Orientales . The territorial prelature Intendencias Orientales was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bogotá as a suffragan . On March 16, 1908, the territorial prelature Intendencias Orientales was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate by Pope Pius X and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Los Llanos de San Martín . The Apostolic Vicariate Los Llanos de San Martín gave on June 9, 1949 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Mitú . On June 9, 1949, the Apostolic Vicariate Los Llanos de San Martín was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Villavicencio . The Vicariate Apostolic Villavicencio gave on January 16, 1964 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Ariari .
On February 11, 1964, the Vicariate Apostolic Villavicencio was by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Universae regimen raised to the diocese. The diocese of Villavicencio was raised to an archbishopric on July 3, 2004 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad totius dominici .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín
- Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot SMM , 1908-1939
- Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius SMM, 1939-1949
Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio
- Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius SMM, 1949-1964
Bishops of Villavicencio
- Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius SMM, 1964-1969
- Gregorio Garavito Jiménez SMM, 1969-1994
- Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal CM , 1994-2001
- Octavio Ruiz Arenas , 2002-2004
Archbishops of Villavicencio
- Octavio Ruiz Arenas , 2004–2007, then Vice-President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
- Óscar Urbina Ortega , since 2007
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Spanish)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Villavicencio on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius X: Const. Apost. Cum perplures , ASS 35 (1902-1903), pp. 752f.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Universae regimen , AAS 56 (1964), n.13, p. 794ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad totius dominici , AAS 96 (2004), n.10, p. 620f.