The Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, shortened to the Diocese of San Vicente ( la, Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan), is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Colombia
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. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Florencia.
The diocesan
cathedra
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, the Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, is located in the
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
of
San Vicente del Caguán
San Vicente del Caguán () is a town and municipality in Amazonian Caquetá Department, southern Colombia.
Religion
Its Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy) is the cathedral episcopal see of the ...
in
Caqueta Department.
History
On 9 December 1985,
pope John Paul II
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established the
Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia (now a bishopric).
Pope Benedict XVI
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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.
On 30 May 2019
Pope Francis
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elevated this Apostolic Vicariate in the rank of diocese. On 13 July 2019 the new created diocese changed province from
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, ...
to
Florencia
Ordinaries
(All members of the Consolata Missionaries)
; ''Apostolic Vicars''
*
Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga,
I.M.C.
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(17 Oct. 1986 – 2 Feb. 1998),
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Aquæ Flaviæ
*
Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (1998.11.28 – 2019.05.30), Titular Bishop of
Aquæ novæ in Numidia Aquae Novae in Numidia is a former Roman city and bishopric and is presently a Latin Catholic titular see.
History
Aquae Novae was an Ancient city in present Algeria, which was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric in the Roman provinc ...
; ''Diocesan Bishops ''of San Vicente del Caguán
* Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (30 May 2019–present)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses ...
Notes
External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Florencia
Christian organizations established in 1985
1985 establishments in Colombia
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