Diocese of Istmina-Tadó
Istminan(us)-Taduan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Istmina, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese in the Choco department on Colombia's Pacific coast, with sees at Istmina and Tado, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia. The jurisdiction of Istmina was erected on 14 November 1952 from the church territory of Choco and took its present form as the Diocese of Istmina-Tado on 30 April 1990. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Pablo Apostol in Istmina, with the Co-Cathedral of San Jose in Tado.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1952
- Latin
- Istminan(us)-Taduan(us)
- Patron
- N-D du Mont-Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001687
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 181,000
- Population
- 206,000
- Catholic share
- 87.9%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 2,967
- Extent
- 22,240 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.1
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
- Mario de Jesus Alvarez Gomez
- Born
- 19 October 1959
- Birthplace
- San Sebastián de Palmitas
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 Pablo Apostol, Istmina stands in Istmina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral San Jose de Tado.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santa Fe de Antioquia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ApartadóApartadó
- Diocese of QuibdóQuibdó
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe de AntioquiaSanta Fe de Antioquia
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de OsosSanta Rosa de Osos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two cities, Istmina and Tadó, together anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Istminana-Taduana), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia.
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].