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Diocese of Neiva

Dioecesis Neivensis



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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: 10,523 (4,064 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdeneiva.org/
  • Mailing Address: Calle 8 N. 5-58, Neiva [Huila], Colombia
  • Telephone: (88)871.74.54
  • Fax: 871.30.11

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
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 Neiva (from Popayán)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1976251,500260,50096.5%276337,62167825ap1977
1980274,500287,80095.4%3014446,238146027ap1981
1990369,000380,52297.0%3511468,021185727ap1991
1999468,000481,00097.3%509597,932135737ap2000
2000380,000400,00095.0%509596,440135837ap2001
2001380,000400,00095.0%539626,129135738ap2002
2002386,000406,00095.1%5210626,225145338ap2003
2003392,000412,00095.1%5214665,939165648ap2004
2004409,126430,00095.1%6114755,455145348ap2005
2013463,000487,00095.1%6422865,383286560ap2014
2016478,000503,00095.0%61617,836154562ap2017
2019494,000520,00095.0%7118895,550223263ap2020
2021512,200539,40095.0%7415895,755632765ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 660, to Page 662
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 167, and Page 168

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