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Suffragan diocese Buenaventura, Colombia

Diocese of Buenaventura

Bonaventuren(sis)

Latin Church diocese seated at Buenaventura in the Valle del Cauca Department on Colombia's Pacific coast, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cali. Established on November 14, 1952 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura from the Diocese of Cali and the Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco, and promoted to diocese on November 30, 1996. Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Buenaventura; Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya has served since June 30, 2017.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de San Buenaventura, in Buenaventura, Colombia.

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Established
1952
Catholics
434,000
Priests
37
Territory
6,633 km²

Parishes and churches

23 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya
Born
15 August 1966
Birthplace
Santa Rosa de Cabal

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Buenaventura stands in Buenaventura, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.