Archdiocese of Villavicencio
Villavicentien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Villavicencio, Colombia
The Archdiocese of Villavicencio is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Meta department, Colombia, with suffragans Granada en Colombia and San Jose del Guaviare. Its lineage began in 1903 as the Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales; it became the Diocese of Villavicencio in 1964 and was elevated to an archdiocese on 3 July 2004. Its seat is the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Villavicencio.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1903
- Latin
- Villavicentien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000111
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 780,300
- Population
- 540,000
- Priests
- 189
- Catholics per priest
- 4,129
- Extent
- 65,470 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Archbishop
- Misael Vacca Ramirez
- Born
- 5 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Somondoco
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
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral stands in Villavicencio, 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 Villavicencio
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Granada en ColombiaGranada
- Diocese of San José del GuaviareSan José del Guaviare
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Colombian city of Villavicencio, this archdiocese carries the Latin title Villavicentiensis.
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].