Roman Catholic Diocese of Buenaventura
Diocese of Buenaventura Dioecesis Bonaventurensis | |
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 Coat of arms of Diocese of Buenaventura | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cali |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,633 km2 (2,561 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 400,900 395,000 (98.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 14 November 1952 (71 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Buenaventura |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buenaventura (
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its
Saint Bonaventura, in the city of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department
.
History
- 14 November 1952: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco(now a diocese)
- 30 November 1996: Promoted as Diocese of Buenaventura / Bonaventuren(sis) (Latin)
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 434,000 Catholics (98.0% of 443,000 total) on 6,633 km² in 21 parishes and 84 missions with 38 priests (25 diocesan, 13 religious), 24 lay religious (13 brothers, 11 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all
Roman rite
)
- Apostolic Vicars of Buenaventura
- Mitú(Colombia) (1949.07.19 – 1953.03.24)
- Mitú(Colombia) (1953.03.27 – 1967)
- Diocesan Bishops of Buenaventura
- Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1996.11.30 – 2003.12.19), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Pereira (Colombia) (1988.02.26 – 1996.11.30); later Bishop of Garzón(Colombia) (2003.12.19 – 2011.07.15), Bishop of above Pereira (2011.07.15 – ...)
- Ibagué(Colombia) (1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)
- P.S.S.(2004.04.29 – retired 2017.06.30)
- Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya (2017.06.30 – ...), no previous prelature.
So far, the diocese had no auxiliary bishops.
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Notes and references
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
- Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source?]
3°53′23″N 77°04′37″W / 3.8896°N 77.0770°W
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