Diocese of Garzón

Diocese of Garzón

Dioecesis Garzonensis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceIbagué
Statistics
Area9,667 km2 (3,732 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 558,729
  • 489,998 (87.7%)
Parishes64
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 May 1900 (1900-05-20)
CathedralCatedral de San Miguel Arcángel
Secular priests135 (125 Diocesan, 10 Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopJaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos
Metropolitan ArchbishopOrlando Roa Barbosa
Map
Website
www.diocesisgarzon.com

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón (Latin: Garzonensis) is a diocese located in the city of Garzón in the ecclesiastical province of Ibagué in Colombia.

History

  • 20 May 1900: Established as Diocese of Garzón from the Diocese of Tolima
  • 25 February 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
  • 24 July 1972: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Bishops of Garzón, below
Bishop of Garzón-Neiva, below
  • José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1964.02.29 – 1972.07.24 see above)
  • Gerardo Martínez Madrigal (see below 1964.02.25 – 1964.02.29), resigned
Bishops of Garzón, below
  • Gerardo Martínez Madrigal (1942.06.23 – 1964.02.25 see above)
  • José Ignacio López Umaña (1924.04.10 – 1942.03.15), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
  • Esteban Rojas Tovar (1900.05.20 – 1922.07.21), resigned

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa (1939-1956), appointed Bishop of Espinal
  • Ismael Perdomo Borrero (1896-1903), appointed Bishop of Ibagué

See also

Sources

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