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Roman Catholic Diocese Of San José Del Guaviare
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José del Guaviare () is a diocese located in the city of San José del Guaviare in the ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio in Colombia. History *19 January 1989: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare from the Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú *29 October 1999: Promoted as Diocese of San José del Guaviare Ordinaries ;Vicars Apostolic of San José del Guaviare * Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. (1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29); ''see below'' ;Bishops of San José del Guaviare * Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. (1999.10.29 – 2006.01.17); ''see above'' * Guillermo Orozco Montoya (2006.01.17 – 2011.02.02) Appointed, Bishop of Girardota * Francisco Antonio Nieto Sua (2 February 2011 – 26 June 2015) Appointed, Bishop of Engativá * Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (7 May 2016 – present) See also *Roman Catholicism in Colombia The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Catholic Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Villavicencio
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio () is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia. History Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Misael Vacca Ramirez (2022.12.31 - ) ** Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – 2022.04.23) ** Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America * Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** 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) * Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11) * Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Church
The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' churches in full communion with the pope; the other 23 are collectively referred to as the Eastern Catholic Churches, and they have approximately 18 million members combined. The Latin Church is directly headed by the pope in his role as the bishop of Rome, whose ''cathedra'' as a bishop is located in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. The Latin Church both developed within and strongly influenced Western culture; as such, it is sometimes called the Western Church (), which is reflected in one of the pope's traditional titles in some eras and contexts, the Patriarch of the West. It is also known as the Roman Church (), the Latin Catholic Church, and in some contexts as the Roman Catholic (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez
Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (born 18 January 1969) is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Bishop of San José del Guaviare from 2016 to 2024, since December 4, 2024, he has been the Bishop of the Diocese of Pereira Biography Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez was born in Norcasia on 18 January 1969. He studied at the Major Seminary in Manizales; he earned a licenciate in spiritual theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and a doctorate in theology from the Theological Pastoral Institute for Latin America (ITEPAL). He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas on 12 December 1992. His assignments have included service as Diocesan Delegate for Youth Ministry, Diocesan Delegate for Vocation Ministry, parish priest of San Antonio de Padua in La Paz, Professor and Formator of the Diocesan Major Seminary Christ Buen Pastor, priest at the Cathedral, Parish Administrator of Santísima Trinidad parish in Puerto Salgar, parish priest of San Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' (; ) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Mitú
The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú () is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province) and depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral María Inmaculada, dedicated to Mary Immaculate, in the city of Mitú, in Vaupés Department. Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 15,200 Catholics (38.0% of 40,000 total) on 54,135 km² in 9 parishes and 12 missions with 27 priests (16 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 15 lay religious (11 brothers, 4 sisters) and 6 seminarians. History On 9 June 1949 Pope Pius XII established the Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín. It lost split-off territory on 19 January 1989 when the Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare (now a diocese) was created. On 19 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarmino Correa Yepes
Belarmino Correa Yepes (14 July 1930 – 20 March 2020) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Correa was born in Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He served as bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú () is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province) and depends on the missionary Roman Cong ..., Columbia, from 1967 to 1989, as bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San José del Guaviare, Colombia from 1989 to 1999 and as the first bishop of the San José del Guaviare Diocese from 1999 to 2006. Notes External links 1930 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia Roman Catholic bishops of Mitú Roman Catholic bishops of San José del Guaviare {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Girardota
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardota () is a diocese located in the city of Girardota in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia. History * 18 June 1988: Established as Diocese of Girardota from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín Ordinaries *Oscar Angel Bernal † (18 Jun 1988 – 4 Jul 1996 Died) *Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (21 Feb 1998 – 13 May 2005) Appointed, Bishop of Riohacha *''Óscar González Villa'' (24 Apr 2006 – 10 Jun 2006) Resigned before episcopal ordination *Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (11 Jul 2006 – 16 Jul 2009) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales *Guillermo Orozco Montoya (2 Feb 2010 – present) See also *Roman Catholicism in Colombia The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia. Organization It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses and 5 ... Sources External links Catholic Hierarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism In Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia. Organization It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses and 52 dioceses, and a Maronite apostolic exarchate. Over 120 religious orders, institutes, and lay organizations run hundreds of primary and secondary schools, hospitals, clinics, orphanages, colleges, and 8 universities across the country. The best known are Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (in Bogotá) and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (in Cali), both Jesuit universities. Based on studies and a survey, about 90% of the Colombian population adheres to Christianity, the majority of which (70.9%) are Catholic, while 16.7% adhere to Protestantism (primarily Evangelicalism) or other Christian groups. In 2020, almost 10,000 priests and over 12,000 nuns served over 4,500 parishes. History Catholicism was introduced to the country in 1508. Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Colombia
The diocesan system of Roman Catholic church government in Colombia comprises thirteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 52 dioceses and 13 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. List of Dioceses Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla * Archdiocese of Barranquilla ** Diocese of El Banco ** Diocese of Riohacha ** Diocese of Santa Marta ** Diocese of Valledupar Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá * Archdiocese of Bogotá ** Diocese of Engativá ** Diocese of Facatativá ** Diocese of Fontibón ** Diocese of Girardot ** Diocese of Soacha ** Diocese of Zipaquirá Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga * Archdiocese of Bucaramanga ** Diocese of Barrancabermeja ** Diocese of Málaga-Soatá ** Diocese of Socorro y San Gil ** Diocese of Vélez Ecclesiastical province of Cali * Archdiocese of Cali ** Diocese of Buenaventura ** Diocese of Buga ** Diocese of Cartago ** Diocese of Palmira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
