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
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Popayán
Statistics
Area	11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 530,000 481,394 (90.8%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 September 1964 (60 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Pedro Mártir
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Saúl Grisales Grisales
Map
Website
www.diocesisdeipiales.org.co

History

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

Statistics

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

Cathedral of St. Peter Martyr

• Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Pedro Mártir, dedicated to the martyr Peter of Verona, in the episcopal see of Ipiales in Nariño Department, near the border with Ecuador
• It also has a Minor Basilica : Basílica Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Las Lajas, dedicated to Our Lady, in Ipiales, in the same department.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(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

• List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources and External links

• GCatholic.org, with Google map & HQ satellite photo - data for all sections
• diocesan website (in Spanish)