Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio

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Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis
Escudo Arquidiocesis de Villavicencio.svg
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Villavicencio
Statistics
Area65,470 km2 (25,280 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
540,000
506,000 (93.7%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established23 June 1903 (119 years ago)
Cathedral Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop-designate Misael Vacca Ramirez
Bishops emeritus Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.
Oscar Urbina Ortega
Map
Mapa Arquidiocesis de Villavicencio.svg
Website
http://arquidiocesisdevillavicencio.org.co/

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Latin : Villavicentiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia.

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History

June 23, 1903 (1903-06-23)
Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá
March 16, 1908 (1908-03-16)
Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín
June 9, 1949 (1949-06-09)
Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio
February 11, 1964 (1964-02-11)
Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio
July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03)
Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio
April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)
15 priests serving in the Archdiocese of Villavicencio are suspended from public ministry due to sex abuse allegations.
[1] [2]
April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
Accused sexually abusive priest Oscar Mora, one of now 19 suspended priests from the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, is revealed to have been transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas in the United States of America and he is soon removed from ministry after the Archdiocese of Villavicencio notifies the Diocese of Dallas about Mora's sex abuse allegations.
[3]

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishop

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

  1. Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Catholic Priests Suspended In Colombia Over Abuse Claim". www.barrons.com.
  2. "Colombia's Catholic Church suspends 15 priests for sexual abuse". The Brussels Times. April 4, 2020.
  3. "Dallas priest accused of abuse removed from the Ministry". The New York Times . April 27, 2020.

Coordinates: 4°09′08″N73°38′19″W / 4.1522°N 73.6387°W / 4.1522; -73.6387



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