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Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi

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Parishes
  
5

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Colombia

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
10,000 km²

Date founded
  
5 April 1954


Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)132,000128,000 (97%)

Established
  
5 April 1954 (62 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción

The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Guapiensis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Guapi, Cauca in Colombia.

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History

On 5 April 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi from the Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco. Blessed John Paul II 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

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