Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipiales

The Diocese of Ipiales (Latin: Ipialensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán.

Diocese of Ipiales

Dioecesis Ipialensis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provincePopayán
Statistics
Area11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
530,000
481,394 (90.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 September 1964 (60 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de San Pedro Mártir
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Saúl Grisales Grisales
Map
Website
www.diocesisdeipiales.org.co

History

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  • Established on 23 September 1964 as Diocese of Ipiales, on territory split off from the Diocese of Pasto

Statistics

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As per 2015, it pastorally served 560,288 Catholics (90.2% of 620,969 total) on 11,089 km2 in 45 parishes and 2 missions with 95 priests (87 diocesan, 8 religious), 2 deacons, 86 lay religious (16 brothers, 70 sisters) and 37 seminarians.

Special churches

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Cathedral of St. Peter Martyr

Episcopal Ordinaries

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(all native Colombians)

  • Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (31 Oct 1964 – 7 April 1965), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1965.04.07 – 1976.10.11), died 1987
  • Alfonso Arteaga Yepes (24 July 1965 – 25 Oct 1985), next Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1985 – death 1989.10.30); previously Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24)
  • Ramón Mantilla Duarte, Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.) (25 Oct 1985 – retired 16 Jan 1987), died 2009; previously Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26) as Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia; see later Promoted as Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy) (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26), Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1985.10.25)
  • Gustavo Martínez Frías (16 Jan 1987 – 18 March 1999), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – death 2009.08.29)
  • Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro (29 Jan 2000 – retired 3 February 2018)
  • José Saúl Grisales Grisales (3 February 2018 – ...), no previous prelature.

See also

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References

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