The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Latin: Villavicentiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia.
Archdiocese of Villavicencio Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Villavicencio |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 65,470 km2 (25,280 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 540,000 506,000 (93.7%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 23 June 1903 (121 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop-designate | Misael Vacca Ramirez |
| Bishops emeritus | Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. Oscar Urbina Ortega |
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| Website | |
| http://arquidiocesisdevillavicencio.org.co/ | |
History
edit- June 23, 1903
- Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá
- March 16, 1908
- Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín
- June 9, 1949
- Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio
- February 11, 1964
- Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio
- July 3, 2004
- Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio
- April 3, 2020
- 15 priests serving in the Archdiocese of Villavicencio are suspended from public ministry due to sex abuse allegations. [1][2]
- April 27, 2020
- Accused of sexual abuse, priest Oscar Mora, one of now 19 suspended priests from the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, is revealed to have been transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas in the United States of America. He is soon removed from ministry after the Archdiocese of Villavicencio notifies the Diocese of Dallas about Mora's sex abuse allegations. [3]
Bishops
editOrdinaries, in reverse chronological order
edit- Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
- 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 de San Martín (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)
- Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)
Coadjutor bishops
edit- Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
- Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1992-1994)
Auxiliary bishop
edit- Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1961-1969), appointed Bishop here
Suffragan dioceses
editSee also
editSources
edit- ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Catholic Priests Suspended In Colombia Over Abuse Claim". www.barrons.com.
- ^ "Colombia's Catholic Church suspends 15 priests for sexual abuse". The Brussels Times. April 4, 2020.
- ^ "Dallas priest accused of abuse removed from the Ministry". The New York Times. April 27, 2020.
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín.
External links
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