The Diocese of Yopal ( la, Yopalensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja. Its cathedra is in the Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the episcopal see of

Yopal Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia. History During the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The ...

, Casanare Department.

History

* Established on 29 October 1999 as Diocese of Yopal, on reassigned territory split off (like the Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad) from the suppressed

Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare The Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Casanarensis) was a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate, located in the central eastern region of Colombia. History * July 17, 1893: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Casana ...

Statistics

, it pastorally served 294,200 Catholics (96.5% of 305,000 total) on 17,725 km² in 31 parishes and 19 missions with 48 priests (41 diocesan, 7 religious), 11 deacons, 23 lay religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Yopal

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Olavio López Duque Olavio López Duque O.A.R. (February 6, 1932 – June 11, 2013) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on October 30, 1955 for the Augustinian Recollects, López Duque was named titular bishop of Strongoli and Vicar Apos ...

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(1999.10.29 – 2001.06.22),

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of Strongoli (1977.05.30 – 2013.06.11), former

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of Casanare (Colombia) (1977.05.30 – retired 1999.10.29) * Misael Vacca Ramirez (2001.06.22 – 2017.05.04), also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia) (2015.08.15 – 2016.06.29); next Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (2015.04.18 – ...) * Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2017.05.04 – ...), previously

of Castra Galbæ (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Medellin (Colombia) (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04).

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