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Diocese of Tumaco

Dioecesis Tumacoënsis



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Bishop(s)

  • Orlando Olave Villanoba, Bishop
  • Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 29 October 1999
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Popayán
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 16,000 (6,180 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisdetumaco.wordpress.com/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Apartado Aereo 307, Calle Nueva Creacion con Popayan Esquina, Tumaco [Narino], Colombia
  • Telephone: (7)271.282
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco
1 May 1927ErectedDiocese of Cali
Diocese of Pasto
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco (erected) (Tumaco, Barbacoas, Iscuandé, Ricaurte, Guapi, and Puerto Merizalde)
14 November 1952Territory LostDiocese of Cali
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco
Vicariate Apostolic of Buenaventura (erected) (Buenaventura)
5 April 1954Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Tumaco Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco
7 February 1961ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Tumaco Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco
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)
29 October 1999Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Tumaco (Iscuandé) Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi
Diocese of Tumaco
29 October 1999ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Tumaco Diocese of Tumaco

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco
1950200,000200,000100.0%101020,00010205ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco
1966164,600165,10099.7%1818364,57218329ap1967
1970164,700165,10099.8%20208,235204610ap1971
1976189,000190,00099.5%181810,50018419ap1977
1980168,500169,60099.4%131312,96113359ap1981
1990207,000213,00097.2%714219,8571143514ap1991
Diocese of Tumaco
1999200,000220,00090.9%1012229,0901162710ap2000
2000198,000220,00090.0%8101811,000132410ap2001
2001200,000225,00088.9%7111811,111142410ap2002
2002215,000250,00086.0%9122110,238142710ap2003
2003210,000250,00084.0%10102010,500172814ap2004
2004210,000250,00084.0%1515307,000222814ap2005
2010246,000278,00088.5%1813317,9351191817ap2011
2014249,520335,32074.4%1912318,0499261317ap2015
2017254,850346,88073.5%2113347,495241318ap2018
2020262,750357,80073.4%1811299,060111519ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Tumaco
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 24, Page 357, to Page 359
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Tumaco
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 596, and Page 597
  • Diocese of Tumaco
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 92, Page 308, and Page 309

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