Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Arauca / Araucen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Nueva Pamplona
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2019.11.18 – ...): | Bishop Jaime Cristóbal Abril González (51) |
Bishops of Arauca (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Jaime Cristóbal Abril González (51) Bishop of Arauca (Colombia)
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Bishop Jaime Muñoz Pedroza (65)
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Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (80) Bishop emeritus of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)
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Bishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.
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Blessed Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y.
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Vicars Apostolic of Arauca (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Blessed Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. (see above) | ||||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Arauca (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y.
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Fr. Graziano Martínez, C.M.
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Fr. Giuseppe Potier, C.M.
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Fr. Emilio Larquère, C.M.
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Area: 23,505 km²
Population: 264,670 Catholics (78.3% of 338,200 total)
Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 49 priests (diocesan), 26 religious (26 sisters), 12 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.03.04
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