Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto

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Rite Latin Rite Area 6,813 km²		Pope Francis Country Colombia

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)730,000650,000 (89.0%) Established 10 April 1859 (157 years ago) Cathedral Catedral de San Ezequiel Moreno Díaz Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto (Latin: Pastopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Pasto in the Ecclesiastical province of Popayán in Colombia.

History

10 April 1859: Established as Diocese of Pasto from the Diocese of Popayán

Ordinaries

José Elías Puyana † (15 Apr 1859 - 20 Nov 1864) Died

Juan Manuel García Tejada † (6 Jan 1866 - 23 Oct 1869) Died

Manuel Canuto Restrepo † (21 Mar 1870 - 1881) Resigned

Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. † (15 Mar 1883 - 27 May 1889) Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada

Joaquín Pardo y Vergara † (4 Jun 1891 - 1 Feb 1892) Appointed, Bishop of Medellín

Manuel José Caicedo Martínez † (1 Feb 1892 - 2 Dec 1895) Appointed, Bishop of Popayán

St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. † (2 Dec 1895 - 19 Aug 1906) Died

Adolfo Perea † (16 Dec 1907 - Apr 1911) Died

Leonidas Medina † (23 Jan 1912 - 27 Mar 1916) Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá

Antonio María Pueyo de Val, C.M.F. † (26 Nov 1917 - 9 Oct 1929) Died

Hipólito Leopoldo Agudelo † (2 Sep 1930 - 23 May 1933) Died

Diego María Gómez Tamayo † (1 Feb 1934 - 22 Apr 1944) Appointed, Archbishop of Popayán

Emilio Botero González † (30 Aug 1947 - 21 Aug 1961) Died

Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. † (21 Nov 1961 - 1 Jul 1976) Died

Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. † (3 Jan 1977 - 2 Feb 1995) Resigned

Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (2 Feb 1995–present)

Auxiliary bishops

José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1955 - 1959) Appointed, Bishop of the Diocese of Monteria

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto Wikipedia

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Contents

History

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

References