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Diocese of Magangué Dioecesis Maganguensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Cartagena
Statistics
Area	20,165 km (7,786 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 838,000 677,000 (80.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 April 1969 (55 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ariel Lascarro Tapia
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.
Bishops emeritus	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.
Map
Website
www.diocesismagangue.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Magangué (Latin: Maganguensis) is a diocese located in the city of Magangué in the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia.

History

• 25 April 1969: Established as Diocese of Magangué from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena

Ordinaries

• Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E. (1969.04.25 – 1994.05.31)
• Armando Larios Jiménez (1994.05.31 – 2001.03.08) Appointed, Bishop of Riohacha
• Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (2001.11.03 – 2012.07.30)
• Ariel Lascarro Tapia (21 November 2014 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2022-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• GCatholic.org

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