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Diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia
Diocese of Tibú
Dioecesis Tibuensis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceNueva Pamplona
Statistics
Area7,825 km (3,021 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
190,000
180,000 (94.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 August 1951 (73 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopIsrael Bravo Cortés
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibú (Latin: Tibuensis) is located in the city of Tibú in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

History

  • 1 August 1951: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
  • 16 November 1983: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibú
  • 29 December 1998: Promoted as Diocese of Tibú

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
    • Israel Bravo Cortés (since 2021.11.05)
    • Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (2011.06.08 – 2020.10.12), appointed Archbishop of Popayán
    • Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja
    • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Leticia
  • Prelates of Tibú (Latin Rite), below
    • José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)
    • Luis Madrid Merlano (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19), appointed Bishop of Cartago
    • Horacio Olave Velandia (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)
    • Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1980.10.09 – 1986.03.06), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
  • Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Latin Rite), below
    • Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. (1953.09.13 – 1979.08.02)

See also

Sources

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Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Province of Barranquilla
Province of Bogotá
Province of Bucaramanga
Province of Cali
Province of Cartagena
Province of Florencia
Province of Ibagué
Province of Manizales
Province of Medellín
Province of Nueva Pamplona
Province of Popayán
Province of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Province of Tunja
Province of Villavicencio
Sui iuris jurisdictions

8°39′N 72°44′W / 8.650°N 72.733°W / 8.650; -72.733


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