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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
7,825 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 190,000 180,000 (94.7%)

Established
  
1 August 1951 (65 years ago)

Bishop
  
Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú (Latin: Tibuensis) is located in the city of Tibú in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

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History

  • 1 August 1951: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
  • 16 November 1983: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibú
  • 29 December 1998: Promoted as Diocese of Tibú

    • Ordinaries

  • Bishops of Tibú (Latin Rite)
  • Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (since 2011.06.08)
  • Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02); transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
  • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23)
  • Prelates of Tibú (Latin Rite)
  • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)
  • Luis Madrid Merlano (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19)
  • Horacio Olave Velandia (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)
  • Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1980.10.09 – 1986.03.06)
  • Prelates of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Latin Rite)
  • Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. (1953.09.13 – 1979)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú Wikipedia
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