Apostolic vicariate Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
Portus Leguizamen(sis)-Solanen(sis)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguizamo-Solano is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction in the Colombian Amazon (Putumayo and Caqueta), exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See. It was erected on 21 February 2013 by Benedict XVI from the Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente-Puerto Leguizamo. Its cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Puerto Leguizamo, with a co-cathedral in Solano.
On the map
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- Established
- 2013
- Catholics
- 51,600
- Priests
- 15
- Territory
- 64,000 km²
Parishes and churches
8 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Catedral Nuestra Señora del CarmenPuerto Leguízamo · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Divino NiñoPuerto LeguízamoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaPuerto Ospina, Puerto LeguízamoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónCampo Alegre, Puerto AlegríaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de las MercedesSolanoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora La ConsolataPuerto LeguízamoView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsLa Tagua, Puerto LeguízamoView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco de AsísMecayaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Joaquin Humberto Pinzon Guiza, I.M.C.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen stands in Puerto Leguízamo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A Latin missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in southern Colombia, the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Leguizamensis-Solanensis) is exempt, depending directly on the Holy See and belonging to no ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral and episcopal see, the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, stands in the town of Puerto Leguízamo in Putumayo department.