Apostolic vicariate Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán
Portus Gaitan(us)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitan is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction in Meta department, Colombia, exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See. It was erected on 22 December 1999 from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada and territory of the Diocese of Villavicencio. Its seat is the Catedral Maria Madre de la Iglesia in Puerto Gaitan.
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- Established
- 1999
- Catholics
- 203,200
- Priests
- 22
- Territory
- 50,500 km²
Parishes and churches
13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Catedral María Madre de la IglesiaPuerto Gaitán · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia El Divino NiñoPuerto GaitánView parish
- Parroquia El Señor de los MilagrosPuente Arimena, MetaView parish
- Parroquia Jesús de NazarethLa Cristalina, MetaView parish
- Parroquia María AuxiliadoraPuerto GaitánView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaMurujuy, MetaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de GuadalupePuerto Guadalupe, MetaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenEl Viento, VichadaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del PorvenirEl Porvenir, MetaView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco de AsísCumaribo, VichadaView parish
- Parroquia San José ObreroPuerto GaitánView parish
- Parroquia San Luis Grignion de MontfortTres Matas, VichadaView parish
- Parroquia San Luís María de MontfortSan Luis del Tomo, VichadaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Raul Alfonso Carrillo Martinez
- Born
- 22 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Ubaté
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The cathedral
Catedral Maria Madre de la Iglesia stands in Puerto Gaitán, 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.
History
In the town of Puerto Gaitán in Colombia, the Catholic Church maintains this apostolic vicariate, known in Latin as Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Gaitani.