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Diocese of Pasto

Dioecesis Pastopolitana



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 April 1859
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Popayán
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 7,190 (2,777 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Carrera 24 N. 17-70, Pasto [Narino], Colombia
  • Telephone: (2)723.22.28; 723.32.26
  • Fax: 723.50.55

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 April 1859ErectedDiocese of Popayán Diocese of Pasto (erected)
20 December 1904Territory LostDiocese of Pasto Prefecture Apostolic of Caquetá (erected)
1 May 1927Territory LostDiocese of Cali
Diocese of Pasto
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco (erected) (Tumaco, Barbacoas, Iscuandé, Ricaurte, Guapi, and Puerto Merizalde)
23 September 1964Territory LostDiocese of Pasto (Ipiales, Los Andes or Satomayor, Samaniego, Linares, Ancuyá, Santa Cruz or Guachavés, Túquerres, Guaitarilla, Ospina, Sapués, Liés, Mallama or Piedrancha, Guachucal, Gualmatán, Contadero, Pueriles, Aldana, Pupiales, Córdoba, Cumbal, Guaspud ...)
Vicariate Apostolic of Sibundoy (La Victoria)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco (Ricaurte)
Diocese of Ipiales (erected)
23 September 1964Territory AddedArchdiocese of Popayán (EI Rosario, Taminango, La Union, Colon o Genova, San Pablo, San Lorenzo, Arboleda o Berruecos, and La Cruz)
Vicariate Apostolic of Sibundoy (El Encano)
Diocese of Pasto

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950399,200400,00099.8%81731542,59211528755ap1951
1966315,000350,00090.0%66441102,8639151343ap1967
1968344,000348,39698.7%59461053,2768443840ap1971
1976380,546385,19098.8%5344973,9237228449ap1977
1980397,129408,58997.2%54481023,8937325049ap1981
1990538,894540,09399.8%69311005,38816239850ap1991
1999730,000741,00098.5%86351216,03315128457ap2000
2000740,000751,00098.5%89391285,78116021557ap2001
2001697,500750,00093.0%89391285,44915921561ap2002
2002707,800765,30092.5%88391275,57315931761ap2003
2003710,300775,80091.6%94391335,34065932061ap2004
2004650,000730,00089.0%91421334,887610725762ap2005
2013726,000850,00085.4%133371704,27067519272ap2014
2016843,033941,45089.5%126301565,40445022772ap2017
2019860,861964,60089.2%126471734,97646123077ap2020
2021892,6151,000,18089.2%131341655,40944823178ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 159
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 435, to Page 437

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