Diocese of Garzón

Garzonen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese seated at Garzon in the Huila department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ibague. It was erected on 20 May 1900 from the Diocese of Tolima, was known as Garzon-Neiva from 1964, and resumed the name Garzon in 1972 when Neiva was split off. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Miguel Arcangel in Garzon.

On the map

The address the register holds for Catedral de San Miguel Arcangel, Garzon, in Garzón, Colombia.

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Established: 1900
Catholics: 488,000
Priests: 135
Territory: 9,667 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop: Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos
Born: 20 September 1967
Birthplace: Sandoná

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Miguel Arcangel, Garzon stands in Garzón, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Garzón, a city in Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Ibagué, is the seat of this diocese, carried in Latin as Garzonensis.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 20 May 1900
Latin: Garzonen(sis)
Annuario code: 001001472

The see in figures

Catholics: 488,000
Population: 508,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 96.1%
Priests: 135
Catholics per priest: 3,615
Extent: 9,667 km²
Catholics per km²: 50

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Ibague

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibague.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of NeivaNeiva42 km
Diocese of San Vicente del CaguánSan Vicente del Caguán92 km
Archdiocese of FlorenciaFlorencia109 km
Apostolic Exarchate of ColombiaColombia114 km
Archdiocese of PopayánPopayán124 km
Diocese of PalmiraPalmira142 km
Archdiocese of CaliCali152 km
Diocese of BugaBuga174 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].