Suffragan diocese Garzón, Colombia
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.
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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.
- Parroquia "SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS"PitalitoMass times recorded
- Parroquia "SOCORRO"San Andrés” – Insp. San Andrés – La PlataView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Garzón, a city in Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Ibagué, is the seat of this diocese, carried in Latin as Garzonensis.