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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
25,000 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)290,200255,000 (87.9%)

Established
  
8 February 1951 (66 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de San Alfonso Maria de Liguori in Sibundoy

Co-cathedral
  
Co-Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel in Mocoa

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Latin: Mocoën(sis)-Sibundoyen(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Mocoa and Sibundoy in the Ecclesiastical province of Popayán in Colombia.

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History

  • 8 February 1951: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá
  • 29 October 1999: Promoted as Diocese of Mocoa – Sibundoy

    • Ordinaries

  • Vicars Apostolic of Sibundoy (Roman rite)
  • Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. (1951.02.08 – 1971.01.16)
  • Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)
  • Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. (1978.02.27 – 1990.03.29)
  • Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. (1991.04.15 – 1999.10.29)
  • Bishops of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Roman rite)
  • Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. (1999.10.29 – 2003.10.18)
  • Luis Alberto Parra Mora (2003.10.18 – 2014.12.01)
  • Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve (2015.10.15 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy Wikipedia
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