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located in the city of

Villavicencio Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 531,275 inhabitants in 2018.https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacion ...

in Colombia.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Arch

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s of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – 2022.04.23) ** Archbishop

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(2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America * Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03) ** Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16) ** Bishop

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, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03) ** Bishop

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, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26) * Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11) * Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09) ** Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)

Coadjutor bishops

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, S.M.M. (1939), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic * Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1992-1994)

Auxiliary bishop

, S.M.M. (1961-1969), appointed Bishop here

Suffragan dioceses

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San José del Guaviare San José del Guaviare () is a town and municipality in Colombia, capital of the department of Guaviare by the Guaviare River The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also ca ...

Sources

External links

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
* Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Villavicencio Christian organizations established in 1903 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub