Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio

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Ecclesiastical province Villavicencio Pope Francis Country Colombia		Rite Latin Rite Area 65,470 km² Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)540,000506,000 (93.7%) Established 23 June 1903 (113 years ago) Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen Emeritus bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Latin: Villavicentiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia.

History

June 23, 1903 (1903-06-23)

Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá

March 16, 1908 (1908-03-16)

Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín

June 9, 1949 (1949-06-09)

Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio

February 11, 1964 (1964-02-11)

Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio

July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03)

Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite)

Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – present)

Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31)

Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite)

Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)

Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)

Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)

Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)

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