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Suffragan diocese Ipiales, Colombia

Diocese of Ipiales

Ipialen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese seated at Ipiales in the Narino department of Colombia near the border with Ecuador, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Popayan. It was erected on 23 September 1964 from territory of the Diocese of Pasto. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Pedro Martir in Ipiales.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de San Pedro Martir, Ipiales, in Ipiales, Colombia.

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Established
1964
Catholics
610,430
Priests
111
Territory
11,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jose Saul Grisales Grisales
Born
12 April 1964
Birthplace
Sonsón

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The cathedral

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

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History

A Latin Church diocese in southern Colombia, Ipiales (Latin: Ipialensis) serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán.