The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Guapiensis) in the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
is located in the town of
Guapi, Cauca
Guapi is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The municipality of Guapi is located on the Guapi River, from the Pacific Ocean, and also covers the island of Gorgona.
Culture
Guapi is a predominantly Afro-Colombian and ...
in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
.
History
On 5 April 1954
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
established the
Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi from the
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco.
Blessed John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
elevated it to a
Vicariate Apostolic on 13 February 2001.
Ordinaries
*José de Jesús Arango,
O.F.M. † (23 Apr 1954 – 1969) Died
*José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † (28 Nov 1969 – 1982) Resigned
*Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. † (8 Mar 1985 – 1992) Died
*Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. † (5 May 1994 – 13 Feb 2001) Resigned
*Hernán Alvarado Solano † (13 Feb 2001 – 31 Jan 2011) Died
*
Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez (3 Dec 2013 - )
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 ...
Sources
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Christian organizations established in 1954
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