Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio
in Colombia.
Villavicencio
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river...
in Colombia.
History
Leadership
- ArchbishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Villavicencio (Roman rite)- Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – present)
- Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31)
- Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite)
- Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)
- Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)
- Bishop Gregorio Garavito JiménezGregorio Garavito JiménezGregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M. is a Colombian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. As of 2009, he is one of oldest Colombian Roman Catholic bishops....
, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03) - Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)
- Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite)
- Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)
- Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite)
- Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)
- Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)
Suffragan dioceses
- Granada
- San José del GuaviareRoman Catholic Diocese of San José del GuaviareThe Roman Catholic Diocese of San José del Guaviare is a diocese located in the city of San José del Guaviare in the Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio in Colombia.-History:...