Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Guapi / Guapien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tumaco (↙), Buenaventura (↑), Popayán (→), Pasto (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.04.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Guapi / Guapien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco)
2001.01.23: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi / Guapien(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2025.06.14 – ...):

Bishop Alfonso García López (55)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Guapi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfonso García López (55)
(2025.06.14 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Born:	1971.02.23 (Juradó, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.08.06

Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (1998.02.21 – 2025.06.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (2025.06.14 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez (57)
(2013.12.03 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)

Unxit me evangelizare

Born:	1968.07.17 (Medellín, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.15

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1993.11.27 – 2013.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Severiana (2013.12.03 – 2024.03.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (2013.12.03 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (2024.03.19 – ...)

Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López (88)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011 – 2013.12.03)

Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano
(2001.02.13 – 2011.01.31)

Born:	1946.01.26 (Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.24
Died:	2011.01.31 († 65)

Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1971.12.04 – 2001.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Tubunæ in Mauretania (2001.02.13 – 2011.01.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (2001.02.13 – 2011.01.31)

Prefects Apostolic of Guapi (Roman Rite)

Fr. Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M.
(1994.05.05 – 2001.01.23)

Born:	1929.09.07 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.13
Died:	2021.01.07 († 91)

Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (1994.05.05 – 2001.01.23)

Fr. Alberto Lee López, O.F.M.
(1985.03.08 – 1992.12.03)

Born:	1927.06.25 (Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1951.07.22
Died:	1992.12.03 (Bogotá, Colombia † 65)

Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (1985.03.08 – 1992.12.03)

Fr. José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M.
(1969.11.28 – 1982)

Born:	1918.11.27 (Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1946.03.16
Died:	2009.08.08 († 90)

Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (1969.11.28 – 1982)

Fr. José de Jesús Arango
(1954.04.23 – 1969)

Died:

1969

Prefect Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia) (1954.04.23 – 1969)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Guapi, Cauca
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Tumaco (↙), Buenaventura (↑), Popayán (→), Pasto (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,000 km²

Population: 149,290 Catholics (97.0% of 153,880 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (16 diocesan, 3 religious), 16 religious (3 brothers, 13 sisters), 5 seminarians