Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro
Tierradentroën(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Tierradentro, Colombia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction covering the Tierradentro region (Inza and Paez) of Cauca department, Colombia, exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See. Erected as a prefecture apostolic on 13 May 1921 from the Archdiocese of Popayan, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 17 February 2000. Its seat is the Catedral San Antonio de Padua in Belalcazar.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 February 2000
- Latin
- Tierradentroën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000463
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 72,400
- Population
- 66,500
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 4,827
- Extent
- 2,087 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 35
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
- Vicar Apostolic
- Homero Marin Arboleda, C.M.
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 San Antonio de Padua stands in Tierradentro, 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
The town of Belalcázar, in the municipality of Páez, Cauca, Colombia, is home to this apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, whose Latin name is Apostolicus Vicariatus Tierradentroënsis.
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].