Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán
Santi Vincentii de Caguan
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia
The Diocese of San Vicente del Caguan is a Latin rite diocese in Caqueta department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Florencia. Its lineage began with the Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia (1951), renamed San Vicente-Puerto Leguizamo in 1985 and San Vicente del Caguan in 2013, and it was elevated to a diocese by Pope Francis on 30 May 2019. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes in San Vicente del Caguan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1951
- Latin
- Santi Vincentii de Caguan
- Annuario code
- 001000456
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 98,300
- Population
- 113,530
- Catholic share
- 86.6%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 4,915
- Extent
- 38,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- William Prieto Daza
- Born
- 26 December 1974
- Birthplace
- Bogotá
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 Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes stands in San Vicente del Caguán, 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 Florencia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Florencia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FlorenciaFlorencia
- Diocese of Mocoa-SibundoyMocoa-Sibundoy
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Often shortened to the Diocese of San Vicente, this Latin Church diocese in Colombia (Latin: Diocesis Sancti Vincentii a Caguan) serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Florencia. Its cathedra rests in the Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, in the episcopal see of San Vicente del Caguán in Caqueta Department.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].