Suffragan diocese Istmina, Colombia
Diocese of Istmina-Tadó
Istminan(us)-Taduan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1952
- Catholics
- 181,000
- Priests
- 61
- Territory
- 22,240 km²
Parishes and churches
63 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Concatedral Parroquia San JoséTadó · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Catedral San Pablo ApóstolIstmina · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Corazón Inmaculado de María, Bahía CupicaBahía SolanoView parish
- Parroquia Cristo ReyIstminaView parish
- Parroquia Divina EucaristíaIstminaView parish
- Parroquia Divina MisericordiaIstminaView parish
- Parroquia Divino NiñoTadóView parish
- Parroquia Espíritu SantoIstminaView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada ConcepciónGuaratoView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción de María, La ItaliaSan José del PalmarView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada Corazón de María, Puerto NuevoCantón de San PabloView parish
- Parroquia Jesucristo Divino Ecce Homo, Plan de RaspaduraUnión PanamericanaView parish
- Parroquia María Auxiliadora, Las ÁnimasUnión PanamericanaView parish
- Parroquia María, Madre de la Iglesia, Unión WounaánMedio San JuanView parish
- Parroquia Medalla Milagrosa, BebedóMedio San JuanView parish
- Parroquia Ntra. Sra. de las Mercedes, NoanamáMedio San JuanView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señor del CarmenEl CarmeloView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaPlaya de OroView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, ChachajoAlto BaudóView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaCérteguiView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza, Pie de PepéMedio BaudóView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, NaucaAlto BaudóView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, PizarroBajo BaudóView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, Puerto EcheverryAlto BaudóView parish
- Parroquia S. Corazón de Jesús, VirudóBajo BaudóView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsAndagoyaView parish
- Parroquia San AgustínIstminaView parish
- Parroquia San Agustín, TerrónBajo BaudóView parish
- Parroquia San Antonio de PaduaIstminaView parish
- Parroquia San Antonio de Padua, ManagrúCantón de San PabloView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mario de Jesus Alvarez Gomez
- Born
- 19 October 1959
- Birthplace
- San Sebastián de Palmitas
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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.
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.
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- Archdiocese of Medellín launches "Colombia: Juntos somos Esperanza" initiative
- Pontifical Mission Societies aid Colombia after earthquake
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