Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú

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Diocese of Tibú

Dioecesis Tibuensis
Escudo de la Diócesis de Tibú.svg
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceNueva Pamplona
Statistics
Area7,825 km2 (3,021 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
190,000
180,000 (94.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 August 1951 (70 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopIsrael Bravo Cortés
Map
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú (Latin: Tibuensis) is located in the city of Tibú in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

History[]

  • 1 August 1951: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
  • 16 November 1983: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibú
  • 29 December 1998: Promoted as Diocese of Tibú

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order[]

  • Bishops of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
    • Israel Bravo Cortés (since 2021.11.05)
    • Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (2011.06.08 – 2020.10.12), appointed Archbishop of Popayán
    • Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja
    • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Leticia
  • Prelates of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
    • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)
    • Luis Madrid Merlano (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19), appointed Bishop of Cartago
    • Horacio Olave Velandia (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)
    • Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1980.10.09 – 1986.03.06), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
  • Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Latin Rite), below
    • Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. (1953.09.13 – 1979.08.02)

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources[]

External links[]

Coordinates: 8°39′N 72°44′W / 8.650°N 72.733°W / 8.650; -72.733


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