Diocese of Ipiales
Ipialen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ipiales, Colombia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 September 1964
- Latin
- Ipialen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de Las Lajas
- Annuario code
- 001001668
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 610,430
- Population
- 676,520
- Catholic share
- 90.2%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 5,499
- Extent
- 11,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Jose Saul Grisales Grisales
- Born
- 12 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Sonsón
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 de San Pedro Martir, Ipiales stands in Ipiales, 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 Popayan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Popayan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PopayánPopayán
- Diocese of TumacoTumaco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].