Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio

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

Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceVillavicencio
Statistics
Area65,470 km2 (25,280 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
540,000
506,000 (93.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established23 June 1903 (117 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopOscar Urbina Ortega
Bishops emeritusAlfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.
Map
Website
http://arquidiocesisdevillavicencio.org.co/

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
  • Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
    • Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – present)
    • Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
  • Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
    • 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)
  • Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite), below
    • 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)

Coadjutor bishops
  • Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
  • Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1992-1994)

Auxiliary bishop

Suffragan dioceses

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

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.


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