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Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia

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Parishes
  
11

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Colombia

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
52 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 96,000 66,500 (69.3%)

Established
  
20 June 1912 (104 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de La Sagrada Familia

The Vicariate Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Andreae et Providentiae) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia in Colombia.

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History

On 5 December 2000 Saint Pius X established the Mission "Sui Iuris" of San Andrés y Providencia from the Archdiocese of Cartagena. Pope Pius XII elevated the mission to a Prefecture Apostolic on 14 November 1946. Blessed John Paul II elevated it to a Vicariate Apostolic on 5 December 2000.

Ordinaries

  • Riccardo Turner, M.H.M. † (1912 - 1926) Died
  • Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. † (23 Jul 1926 - 21 Oct 1952) Died
  • Gaspar (José) Pérez Pérez (de Orihuela), O.F.M. Cap. † (9 Jan 1953 - 1965) Died
  • Alfonso Robledo de Manizales, O.F.M. Cap. † (11 Jan 1966 - 1972) Died
  • Antonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. † (24 Mar 1972 - 10 Nov 1998) Died
  • Eulises González Sánchez (5 Dec 2000–April 16, 2016)
  • Fr. Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias (April 16, 2016 - Present)

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