The Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán, shortened to the Diocese of San Vicente (), 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, prov ...
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, making it synonymous with ''diocese'' ...
of
San Vicente del Caguán in
Caqueta Department.
History
On 9 December 1985,
pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
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 New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...
to
Florencia
Ordinaries
(All members of the Consolata Missionaries)
; ''Apostolic Vicars''
*
Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga,
I.M.C. (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
; ''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 Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses and 5 ...
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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