Suffragan diocese Tumaco, Colombia
Diocese of Tumaco
Tumacoën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tumaco is a Latin rite diocese on Colombia's Pacific coast in Narino department, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Popayan. Erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco on 1 May 1927, it became an apostolic vicariate in 1961 and was elevated to a diocese on 29 October 1999. Its seat is the Catedral San Andres in Tumaco.
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- Established
- 1927
- Catholics
- 216,000
- Priests
- 31
- Territory
- 16,400 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral San AndrésTumaco · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia de ChilvíChilvíView parish
- Parroquia de La GuayacanaLa GuayacanaView parish
- Parroquia Jesús NazarenoMagüí PayánView parish
- Parroquia La ResurrecciónTumacoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Las LajasAltaquerView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de las MercedesTumacoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenEspriellaView parish
- Parroquia Sagrada FamiliaTumacoView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco de SalesMosqueraView parish
- Parroquia San Isidro LabradorLlorenteView parish
- Parroquia San José ObreroRoberto PayánView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaEl CharcoView parish
- Parroquia San Luis BeltránRoblesView parish
- Parroquia San Rafael ArcángelLa TolaView parish
- Parroquia Santa MaríaBarbacoasView parish
- Parroquia Santa TeresitaTumacoView parish
- Parroquia Santo CristoCandelillasView parish
- Parroquia Santísima TrinidadTumacoView parish
- Parroquia Señor de la MisericordiaSatingaView parish
- Parroquia Señor del MarSalahondaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Franklin Misael Betancourt
- Born
- 30 October 1967
- Birthplace
- Guaitarilla
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The cathedral
Catedral San Andres stands in Tumaco, 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
A suffragan Latin diocese in southwestern Colombia, Tumaco (Latin: Tumacoënsis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Popayán. Its cathedral and episcopal see is the Catedral San Andrés, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the city of Tumaco, Nariño Department.