Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Archdiocese of Villavicencio Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Statistics
Area	65,470 km2 (25,280 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 540,000 506,000 (93.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Bishop	Oscar Urbina Ortega

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

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

Leadership

• Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – present)
  • Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31)
• Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)
  • Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)
  • Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)
  • Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)
• Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)
• Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)
  • Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)

Suffragan dioceses

• Granada
• San José del Guaviare

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

External links

• Event data as RDF