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Suffragan diocese Espinal, Colombia

Diocese of Espinal

Espinalen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Espinal, in Espinal, Colombia.

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Established
1957
Catholics
331,000
Priests
109
Territory
14,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Miguel Fernando Gonzalez Marino
Born
25 January 1966
Birthplace
Tunja

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The cathedral

Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Espinal stands in Espinal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Espinal, a city within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Ibagué, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Espinalensis.