The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Guapiensis) in the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
is located in the town of
Guapi, Cauca
Guapi is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The municipality of Guapi is located on the Guapi River, from the Pacific Ocean, and also covers the island of Gorgona, Colombia, Gorgona.
Culture
Guapi is a predominantly A ...
in
Colombia.
History
On 5 April 1954
Pope Pius XII established the
Prefecture Apostolic
An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
of Guapi from the
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco.
Blessed John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
elevated it to a
Vicariate Apostolic on 13 February 2001.
Ordinaries
*José de Jesús Arango,
O.F.M. † (23 Apr 1954 – 1969) Died
*José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † (28 Nov 1969 – 1982) Resigned
*Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. † (8 Mar 1985 – 1992) Died
*Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. † (5 May 1994 – 13 Feb 2001) Resigned
*Hernán Alvarado Solano † (13 Feb 2001 – 31 Jan 2011) Died
*
Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez (3 Dec 2013 - )
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdiocese ...
Sources
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Christian organizations established in 1954
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