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Metropolitan see Villavicencio, Colombia

Archdiocese of Villavicencio

Villavicentien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, in Villavicencio, Colombia.

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Established
1903
Catholics
780,300
Priests
189
Territory
65,470 km²

Parishes and churches

66 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Misael Vacca Ramirez
Born
5 November 1955
Birthplace
Somondoco

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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.

History

Seated in the Colombian city of Villavicencio, this archdiocese carries the Latin title Villavicentiensis.