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Suffragan diocese San José del Guaviare, Colombia

Diocese of San José del Guaviare

Sancti Iosephi a Guaviare

The Diocese of San José del Guaviare is a Latin Church diocese in the Department of Guaviare, Colombia, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1989 and promoted to a diocese in 1999. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral San José, in San José del Guaviare, Colombia.

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Established
1999
Catholics
108,500
Priests
21
Territory
42,327 km²

Parishes and churches

13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza
Born
6 June 1975
Birthplace
Urumita

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The cathedral

Catedral San José stands in San José del Guaviare, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

San José del Guaviare, a city within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio, is the seat of this diocese, whose Latin name is Sancti Iosephi a Guaviare.