- Source: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Latin: Villavicentiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia.
History
June 23, 1903 (1903-06-23)
Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá
March 16, 1908 (1908-03-16)
Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín
June 9, 1949 (1949-06-09)
Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio
February 11, 1964 (1964-02-11)
Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio
July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03)
Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio
April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)
15 priests serving in the Archdiocese of Villavicencio are suspended from public ministry due to sex abuse allegations.
April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
Accused of sexual abuse, priest Oscar Mora, one of now 19 suspended priests from the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, is revealed to have been transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas in the United States of America. He is soon removed from ministry after the Archdiocese of Villavicencio notifies the Diocese of Dallas about Mora's sex abuse allegations.
Bishops
= Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
=Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – 2022.04.23)
Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)
Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)
Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)
Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)
Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)
Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite), below
Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)
Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)
= Coadjutor bishops
=Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1992-1994)
= Auxiliary bishop
=Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1961-1969), appointed Bishop here
Suffragan dioceses
Granada
San José del Guaviare
See also
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Sources
External links
GCatholic.org
Diocese website
Event data as RDF
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Villavicencio
- List of Catholic archdioceses
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
- List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín
