Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán
Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan | |
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| Country | Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo |
The Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, shortened to the Diocese of San Vicente (
Latin: Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan), is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Florencia
.
The diocesan
Caqueta Department
.
History
On 9 December 1985,
Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia
(now a bishopric).
Pope Benedict XVI split the vicariate in two on 21 February 2013, creating the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán and the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano.[1][2]
On 30 May 2019 Pope Francis elevated this Apostolic Vicariate in the rank of diocese. On 13 July 2019 the new created diocese changed province from Ibagué to Florencia
Ordinaries
(All members of the Consolata Missionaries)
- Apostolic Vicars
- Aquæ Flaviæ
- Aquæ novæ in Numidia
- Diocesan Bishops of San Vicente del Caguán
- Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (30 May 2019–present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Notes
- ^ "Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-16.[self-published source]
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
External links
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