The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tumaco ( la, Tumacoënsis) is a
suffragan
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Latin
diocese in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Popayán, in southwestern
Colombia
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.
Its
cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral San Andrés, dedicated to
Saint Andrew
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, in the city of
Tumaco,
Nariño Department.
History
* Established on 1 May 1927 as
Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco, on territories split off from the
Diocese of Cali and
Diocese of Pasto
* Lost territories twice : on 1952.11.14 to establish the
Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura and on 1954.04.05 to establish the then
Apostolic Prefecture of Guapi
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* Promoted on 7 February 1961 as
Apostolic Vicariate of Tumaco, hence entitled to a
titular bishop
* It enjoyed a Papal visit from
Pope John Paul II in July 1986.
* 29 October 1999: Promoted as Diocese of Tumaco.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 249,520 Catholics (74.4% of 335,320 total) on 16,000 km² in 17 parishes with 31 priests (19 diocesan, 12 religious), 9 deacons, 39 lay religious (26 brothers, 13 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
Ordinaries
(all
Roman rite
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)
;''Apostolic Prefects of Tumaco''
* Bernardo Merizalde Morales,
Augustianian Recollects (O.A.R.) (born Colombia) (1928.03.30 – retired 1949), died 1971
* Peitro Nel Ramirez,
O.A.R. (1949.07.14 – ?)
* Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar,
Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.) (born
Spain) (1954.04.23 – 1961.02.07'' see below'')
;''Apostolic Vicars of Tumaco''
* Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. (''see above'' 1961.02.07 – death 1965.11.05),
Titular Bishop of
Philæ
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(1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)
* Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. (born Spain) (1966.05.03 – retired 1990.02.08), Titular Bishop of
Lambiridi (1966.05.03 – death 2007.03.14)
* Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (born Colombia) (1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of
Bisica
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History
During the Roman Empire, the town was part of the province of Africa proconsularis and gained importance possibly from the second century AD onw ...
(1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29)
;Suffragan Bishops of Tumaco
* Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (''see above'' 1999.10.29 – retired 2015.07.25)
* Orlando Olave Villanoba (born Colombia; first non-regular incumbent) (2017.03.18 – ...).
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with Google photo - data for all sectionswww.diocesisdetumaco.org Diocesan website
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Popayán
Religious organizations established in 1927
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century