Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó

Diocese of Apartadó Dioecesis Apartadoënsis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Fe de Antioquia
Statistics
Area	21,000 km^2 (8,100 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 516,000 362,000 (70.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 June 1988 (36 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Hugo Alberto Torres Marín
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó (Latin: Apartadoënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Apartadó in the ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia in Colombia.

History

• 18 June 1988: Established as Diocese of Apartadó from the Diocese of Antioquía

Ordinaries

• Isaías Duarte Cancino † (18 Jun 1988 – 19 Aug 1995) Appointed, Archbishop of Cali
• Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (18 Mar 1997 – 25 Jul 2001) Appointed, Bishop of Pereira
• Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † (1 Mar 2002 – 11 Oct 2006) Died
• Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval † (3 Jul 2007 – 5 May 2014) Appointed, Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)
• Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (29 Sep 2015 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• GCatholic.org

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