Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Villavicencio / Villavicentien(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Granada, San José del Guaviare
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.12.31 – ...): | Archbishop Misael Vacca Ramírez (68) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Misael Vacca Ramírez (68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)
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Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (55) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Villavicencio (Colombia)
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Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Villavicencio (Colombia)
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Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (79) (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (80) Bishop emeritus of Villavicencio (Colombia)
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Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.
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Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M.
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Area: 53,650 km²
Population: 780,000 Catholics (97.5% of 800,400 total)
Pastoral Centres: 132 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 184 priests (161 diocesan, 23 religious), 14 deacons, 87 religious (52 brothers, 35 sisters), 48 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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