Roman Catholic Diocese of Tumaco

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tumaco (Latin: Tumacoënsis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Popayán, in southwestern Colombia.

Diocese of Tumaco

Dioecesis Tumacoënsis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provincePopayán
Statistics
Area16,400 km2 (6,300 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
250,000
210,000 (84.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 May 1927 (97 years ago)
CathedralCatedral San Andrés
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede Vacante
Bishops emeritusGustavo Girón Higuita, OCD
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Website
www.diocesisdetumaco.org

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral San Andrés, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the city of Tumaco, Nariño Department.

History

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Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 249,520 Catholics (74.4% of 335,320 total) on 16,000 km2 in 17 parishes with 31 priests (19 diocesan, 12 religious), 9 deacons, 39 lay religious (26 brothers, 13 sisters) and 7 seminarians.

Ordinaries

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(all Roman rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Tumaco
  • Bernardo Merizalde Morales, Augustianian Recollects (O.A.R.) (born Colombia) (1928.03.30 – retired 1949), died 1971
  • Peitro Nel Ramirez, O.A.R. (1949.07.14 – ?)
  • Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, Discalced Carmelites (OCD) (born Spain) (1954.04.23 – 1961.02.07 see below)
Apostolic Vicars of Tumaco
  • Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, OCD (see above 1961.02.07 – death 1965.11.05), Titular Bishop of Philæ (1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)
  • Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, OCD (born Spain) (1966.05.03 – retired 1990.02.08), Titular Bishop of Lambiridi (1966.05.03 – death 2007.03.14)
  • Gustavo Girón Higuita, OCD (born Colombia) (1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29 see below), Titular Bishop of Bisica (1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29)
Suffragan Bishops of Tumaco

See also

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