Diocese of Tibú

Tibuen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Tibú is a Latin Church diocese in Norte de Santander, Colombia, erected on December 29, 1998 from a former territorial prelature. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona.

On the map

The address the register holds for Cathedral of San Luis Beltrán, in Tibú, Colombia.

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Established: 1998
Catholics: 233,740
Priests: 29
Territory: 7,825 km²

Parishes and churches

18 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: Israel Bravo Cortés
Born: 4 June 1971
Birthplace: El Espinal

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The cathedral

Cathedral of San Luis Beltrán stands in Tibú, 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

Tibú, a city in Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona, serves as the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Tibuensis.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1998
Latin: Tibuen(sis)
Annuario code: 001003223

The see in figures

Catholics: 233,740
Population: 190,000
Priests: 29
Catholics per priest: 8,060
Extent: 7,825 km²
Catholics per km²: 30

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Nueva Pamplona

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of Nueva PamplonaNueva Pamplona
Diocese of AraucaArauca
Diocese of CúcutaCúcuta
Diocese of OcañaOcaña

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of OcañaOcaña82 km
Diocese of CúcutaCúcuta87 km
Archdiocese of Nueva PamplonaNueva Pamplona140 km
Diocese of El BancoEl Banco142 km
Diocese of MachiquesMachiques, Venezuela160 km
Archdiocese of BucaramangaBucaramanga173 km
Archdiocese of MéridaMérida, Venezuela178 km
Diocese of ValleduparValledupar212 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].