The Roman Catholic Diocese of Istmina–Tadó ( la, Dioecesis Istminana-Taduana) is a
diocese
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 associ ...
located in the cities of
Istmina and
Tadó
Tadó () is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
Climate
Tadó has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round.
References
Municipalities of Chocó ...
in the
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...
of
Santa Fe de Antioquia
Santa Fe de Antioquia is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. The city is located approximately north of Medellín, the department capital. It has a population of approximately 23,000 inhabitants.
History
Founded in 1541 by ...
in Colombia.
History
*14 November 1952: Established as Diocese of Istmina from the
Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó
*30 April 1990: Renamed as Diocese of Istmina – Tadó
Bishops
Ordinaries
* Bishop of Istmina
**Gustavo Posada Peláez,
M.X.Y. (24 Mar 1953 – 30 Apr 1990), appointed Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (''see below'')
* Bishops of Istmina–Tadó
**Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. (30 Apr 1990 – 5 May 1993)
**
Alonso Llano Ruiz (5 May 1993 – 5 Jun 2010)
**Julio Hernando García Peláez (5 Jun 2010 – 15 Jun 2017), appointed Bishop of Garagoa
**
Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez (3 Feb 2018–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Luis Madrid Merlano
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
, appointed Prelate of Tibú in 1988
*
Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2003
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
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Christian organizations established in 1952
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1952 establishments in Colombia
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