Diocese of Tumaco
Tumacoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tumaco, Colombia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 May 1927
- Latin
- Tumacoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000017
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 216,000
- Population
- 250,000
- Catholic share
- 86.4%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 6,968
- Extent
- 16,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Franklin Misael Betancourt
- Born
- 30 October 1967
- Birthplace
- Guaitarilla
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 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.
The province of Popayan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Popayan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PopayánPopayán
- Diocese of IpialesIpiales
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].