Diocese of Montelíbano
Monslibanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Montelíbano, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Montelibano in the Cordoba department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. Established on 12 June 1924 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sinu from the Archdiocese of Cartagena, it became the Territorial Prelature of Alto Sinu in 1969 and was elevated to a diocese on 29 December 1998. Its seat is the Cathedral of la Santa Cruz in Montelibano.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1924
- Latin
- Monslibanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002276
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 280,000
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic share
- 93.3%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 7,568
- Extent
- 11,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- Farly Yovany Gil Betancur
- Born
- 29 June 1974
- Birthplace
- Donmatías
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 la Santa Cruz, Montelibano stands in Montelíbano, 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 Cartagena
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cartagena.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Diocese of MaganguéMagangué
- Diocese of MonteríaMontería
- Diocese of SincelejoSincelejo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Montelíbano, this Colombian diocese (Latin: Monslibanensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena. It counts 38 priests and 31 religious.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Curia Diocesana, Calle 17 N. 6-39, Montelíbano [Córdoba], Colombia
- Telephone
- e fax [604]762.54.96
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].