Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, or in short Diocese of San Vicente (Latin: Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan), is a Roman Catholic diocese, located in the Ecclesiastical province of Florencia in Colombia.

Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan
Location
CountryColombia
TerritorySan Vicente del Caguán
Ecclesiastical provinceFlorencia
Statistics
Area38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2018)
113,530
93,000 (81.9%)
Parishes14
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 December 1985 (34 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Secular priests20
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.
Metropolitan ArchbishopOmar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo

Its cathedral see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, is located in the town of San Vicente del Caguán in Colombia's Caqueta Department (province).

History

On 9 December 1985, pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo from the 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 Latin Church; so far all members of the Consolata Missionaries)

Apostolic Vicars
  • Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (17 Oct. 1986 – 2 Feb. 1998), Titular Bishop of Aquæ Flaviæ
  • Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (1998.11.28 – 2019.05.30), Titular Bishop of 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
  1. "Vicariate Apostolic of San Vicente". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. "Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.



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