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Diocese of Garzón

Dioecesis Garzonensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 24 July 1972
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ibagué
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 9,667 (3,733 Square Miles)
  • Description: Altamira, Agrado, Garzón, Gigante, Pital, Guadalupe, Tarqui, Suaza, La Argentina, La Plata, Nátaga, Paicol, Tesalia, Acevedo, Elías, Isnos , Oporapa, Palestine, Pitalito, Saladoblanco, San Agustín, and Timaná
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisdegarzon.com
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 6 N. 7-14, Garzon, Huila, Colombia
  • Telephone: (8)833.21.94; 833.11.08
  • Fax: 833.11.08

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Garzón
20 May 1900ErectedDiocese of Tolima (suppressed) (Neiva and del Sur) Diocese of Garzón (erected)
Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
25 February 1964Name ChangedDiocese of Garzón Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
Diocese of Garzón
24 July 1972SplitDiocese of Garzón-Neiva Diocese of Garzón
Diocese of Neiva (La Inmaculada, San José, Perpetuo Socorro, San Vicente de Paul, San Judas Tadeo, and San Antonio Maria Claret (all in Neiva); Aipe, Algeciras, Anaconia, Barava, Campoalegre, Colombia, El Gaguán, Hobo, Iquira, Palermo, Rivera, Santa Ana, Santa Maria, ...)
14 December 1974Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Garzón (from Popayán)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Garzón
1950239,800240,00099.9%6717842,8542713750ap1951
Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
1966379,420380,00099.8%7020904,2152821850ap1967
1970462,500474,32097.5%68686,80152ap1971
Diocese of Garzón
1976231,900232,04299.9%3910494,7321011627ap1977
1980285,750285,880100.0%3617535,3912011727ap1981
1990412,000421,00097.9%5012626,6451411834ap1991
1999514,000530,00097.0%5515707,3423015541ap2000
2000447,000461,00097.0%6515805,5873115544ap2001
2001447,000461,00097.0%7515904,9663615548ap2002
2002447,000461,00097.0%6615815,5183615549ap2003
2003475,000490,00096.9%85151004,7503415551ap2004
2004475,000490,00096.9%8110915,2193015551ap2005
2006488,000508,00096.1%106101164,2062915551ap2007
2013528,000548,00096.4%10271094,8442912462ap2014
2016546,129566,35696.4%10571124,876218962ap2017
2019479,885536,40789.5%1121124,2841911462ap2020
2021488,365537,69390.8%13781453,3682612064ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 145, and Page 146
  • Diocese of Garzón
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 660, to Page 662
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 167, and Page 168

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