The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buga ( la, Buguensis) is a
diocese located in the city of
Buga
Buga may refer to:
Places
* Mount Buga, an inactive volcano in Zamboanga del Sur province, the Philippines
* Buga (barangay), a barangay in San Miguel Municipality, Bulacan, Philippines
* Buga, Valle del Cauca, city and municipality in the Colom ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...
in Colombia.
History
*29 June 1966: Established as Diocese of Buga from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali and
Diocese of Palmira
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
**Basílica del Señor de los Milagros de Buga
Ordinaries
*Julián Mendoza Guerrero (1967.01.03 – 1984.08.04)
*
Rodrigo Arango Velásquez
Rodrigo Arango Velásquez (March 4, 1925 – December 27, 2008) was the second Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Buga, Colombia. He was the first Colombian Bishop of the Sulpician order.
Born in Betania, Colombia, he was ordain to the priesth ...
,
P.S.S. (1985.01.17 – 2001.01.19)
*Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (2001.01.19 – 2012.05.10)
*Jose Roberto Ospina Leongomez (2012.05.10 – present)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Sources
External links
Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cali
Christian organizations established in 1966
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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