Diocese of Espinal
Espinalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Espinal, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Espinal in the Tolima department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ibague. It was erected on 18 March 1957 from territory of the Diocese of Ibague. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Espinal.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1957
- Latin
- Espinalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001376
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 331,000
- Population
- 439,000
- Catholic share
- 75.4%
- Priests
- 109
- Catholics per priest
- 3,037
- Extent
- 14,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Miguel Fernando Gonzalez Marino
- Born
- 25 January 1966
- Birthplace
- Tunja
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Espinal stands in Espinal, 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.
The province of Ibague
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibague.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbaguéIbagué
- Diocese of GarzónGarzón
- Diocese of Líbano-HondaLíbano
- Diocese of NeivaNeiva
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Espinal, a city within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Ibagué, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Espinalensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].