Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú

{{Short description|Diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia}}

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|name = Tibú

|latin = Dioecesis Tibuensis

|image = Escudo de la Diócesis de Tibú.svg

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|country = Colombia

|province = Nueva Pamplona

|rite = Latin Rite

|established = 1 August 1951 ({{age|1951|8|1}} years ago)

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|area_km2 = 7,825

|population = 190,000

|population_as_of = 2004

|catholics = 180,000

|catholics_percent= 94.7

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|bishop = Israel Bravo Cortés

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|map = Mapa Diócesis.png

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú ({{langx|la|Tibuensis}}) is located in the city of Tibú in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

History

  • 1 August 1951: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
  • 16 November 1983: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibú
  • 29 December 1998: Promoted as Diocese of Tibú

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
  • Israel Bravo Cortés (since 2021.11.05)
  • Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (2011.06.08 – 2020.10.12), appointed Archbishop of Popayán
  • Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja
  • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Leticia
  • Prelates of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
  • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)
  • Luis Madrid Merlano (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19), appointed Bishop of Cartago
  • Horacio Olave Velandia (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)
  • Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1980.10.09 – 1986.03.06), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
  • Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Latin Rite), below
  • Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. (1953.09.13 – 1979.08.02)

See also

Sources

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