Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Historical Details

• Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales
  • Erected: 23 June 1903
  • Country: Colombia

• Vicariate Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino)
  • Latin Name: (Planorum) Sancti Martini
  • Elevated: 16 March 1908
  • Vicariate
  • Country: Colombia

• Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio
  • Latin Name: Villavicentiensis
  • Name Changed: 9 June 1949
  • Vicariate
  • Country: Colombia

• Diocese of Villavicencio
  • Latin Name: Villavicentiensis
  • Elevated: 11 February 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bogotá
  • Country: Colombia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. † (3 Apr 1908 Appointed - 27 Jun 1939 Retired)
• Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. † (27 Jun 1939 Succeeded - 26 Apr 1969 Resigned)
• Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † (26 Apr 1969 Appointed - 3 May 1994 Retired)
• Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (3 May 1994 Succeeded - 16 Jun 2001 Resigned)
• José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (16 Jul 2002 Appointed - 31 May 2007 Appointed, Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America)
• Oscar Urbina Ortega (30 Nov 2007 Appointed - 23 Apr 2022 Retired)
• Misael Vacca Ramirez (31 Dec 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio
1950	62,000	70,000	88.6%		25	25	2,480		41	26	10	ap1951
Diocese of Villavicencio
1966	160,000	161,000	99.4%	1	36	37	4,324		16	84	22	ap1967
1970	195,000	200,000	97.5%	4	35	39	5,000		44	88	32	ap1971
1976	275,500	290,000	95.0%	9	37	46	5,989		51	44	31	ap1977
1980	341,999	370,000	92.4%	13	33	46	7,434	4	49	60	32	ap1981
1990	498,000	525,000	94.9%	36	21	57	8,736	6	30	47	48	ap1991
1999	518,000	595,000	87.1%	96	28	124	4,177	10	78	52	86	ap2000
2000	468,000	520,000	90.0%	138	34	172	2,720	10	92	54	96	ap2001
2001	491,217	512,320	95.9%	120	20	140	3,508	13	84	33	117	ap2002
2002	525,000	540,000	97.2%	117	20	137	3,832	13	29	33	111	ap2003
2003	465,000	480,000	96.9%	125	16	141	3,297	13	25	30	115	ap2004
Archdiocese of Villavicencio
2004	506,000	540,000	93.7%	142	21	163	3,104	13	30	46	118	ap2005
2010	529,000	581,000	91.0%	173	23	196	2,698	14	71	84	116	ap2011
2014	673,171	691,704	97.3%	149	22	171	3,936	10	50	53	122	ap2015
2017	680,265	698,315	97.4%	149	33	182	3,737	10	67	52	131	ap2018
2020	697,200	715,700	97.4%	158	14	172	4,053	9	40	21	130	ap2021
2022	780,000	800,400	97.5%	161	23	184	4,239	14	52	35	132	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 May 1992; Bishop: 3 May 1994 to 16 Jun 2001)
• Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (Apostolic Administrator: 23 Apr 2022 to 2 Mar 2023)
• William Prieto Daza (Priest: 21 Mar 2013 to 5 Jul 2024)
• José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (Bishop: 16 Jul 2002; Archbishop: 3 Jul 2004 to 31 May 2007)
• Oscar Urbina Ortega (Archbishop: 30 Nov 2007 to 23 Apr 2022)
• Misael Vacca Ramirez (Archbishop: 31 Dec 2022 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. † (Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 7 Jan 1939; Vicar Apostolic: 27 Jun 1939; Bishop: 11 Feb 1964 to 26 Apr 1969)
• Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Dec 1961; Bishop: 26 Apr 1969 to 3 May 1994)
• Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. † (Vicar Apostolic: 3 Apr 1908 to 27 Jun 1939)

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