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Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro

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Parishes
  
10

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Colombia

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
2,087 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 66,500 55,500 (83.5%)

Established
  
13 May 1921 (95 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral San Antonio de Ambostá de Belalcázar

The Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Tierradentroënsis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Belalcázar in the municipality of Páez, Cauca, in Colombia.

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History

On 13 May 1921 Pope Benedict XV established the Prefecture Apostolic of Tierradentro from the Archdiocese of Popayán. Blessed John Paul II elevated the prefecture to an Apostolic Vicariate on 17 February 2000.

Ordinaries

  • Emilio Larquère, C.M. † (9 Nov 1923 - 3 Jul 1948) Died
  • Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. † (27 Oct 1950 - 1977) Resigned
  • Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † (21 Jul 1977 - 18 Jun 1988) Appointed, Bishop of Caldas
  • Jorge García Isaza, C.M. (5 May 1989 - 25 Apr 2003) Resigned
  • Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. (19 Dec 2003 - 5 Jun 2015)
  • Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa (5 Jun 2015 - present)

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