Diocese of

Ipiales 𝐖

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ipiales / Ipialen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Popayán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Las Lajas

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.02.03 – ...):Bishop José Saúl Grisales Grisales (60)Bishop José Saúl Grisales Grisales (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ipiales (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Saúl Grisales Grisales (60)Bishop José Saúl Grisales Grisales (60)
(2018.02.03 – ...)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

Para alabanza de tu gloria

Born:1964.04.12 (Sonsón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1989.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:2018.03.17

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1989.11.12 – 2018.02.03)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (2018.02.03 – ...)

Bishop Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro
(2000.01.29 – 2018.02.03)

Un solo cuerpo y un solo Espíritu

Born:1941.04.26 (Ituango, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.20
Died:2021.05.26 (Pasto, Colombia † 80)

Priest of Jericó (Colombia) (1967.10.22 – 2000.01.29)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (2000.01.29 – 2018.02.03)

Bishop Gustavo Martínez Frías (later Archbishop)
(1987.01.16 – 1999.03.18)

Born:1935.05.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:1987.02.20
Died:2009.08.29 († 74)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1987.01.16 – 1999.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – 2009.08.29)

Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R.
(1985.10.25 – 1987.01.16)

Born:1925.07.17 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1948.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:1971.03.13
Died:2009.03.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1985.10.25)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1985.10.25 – 1987.01.16)

Bishop Alonso Arteaga Yepes
(1965.07.24 – 1985.10.25)

Born:1925.02.12 (Don Matías, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1953.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1962.11.11
Died:1989.10.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1965.07.24 – 1985.10.25)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1985.10.25 – 1989.10.30)

Bishop Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (later Archbishop)
(1964.10.31 – 1965.04.07)

Dominus fortitudo mea

Born:1904.03.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1927.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1964.12.27
Died:1987.05.27 († 83)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1964.10.31 – 1965.04.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1965.04.07 – 1976.10.11)

Special Churches

Tumaco (↖), Pasto (↗), Mocoa–Sibundoy (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,089 km²

Population: 610,430 Catholics (90.2% of 676,520 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 12 missions

Personnel: 111 priests (102 diocesan, 9 religious), 1 deacon, 81 religious (11 brothers, 70 sisters), 21 seminarians

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