Diocese of Líbano–Honda, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Líbano–Honda / Liban(us)–Hondan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibagué

Neighbouring Dioceses: Manizales (←), La Dorada–Guaduas (↗), Girardot (↘), Ibagué (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.07.08: Established as Diocese of Líbano–Honda / Liban(us)–Hondan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué and became suffragan of Ibagué)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.10.17 – ...):

Bishop José Luis Henao Cadavid (72)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Líbano–Honda (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luis Henao Cadavid (72)
(2015.10.17 – ...)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)

Misericordiam tuam nuntiabo

Born:	1954.04.07 (Andes, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.11.21

Priest of Jericó (Colombia) (1979.12.15 – 2015.10.17)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (2015.10.17 – ...)

Bishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (65) (later Archbishop)
(2004.11.22 – 2015.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1961.04.24 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1987.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.02.05

Priest of Manizales (Colombia) (1987.02.02 – 2004.11.22)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (2004.11.22 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia) (2015.02.23 – 2021.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2021.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.
(2003.01.10 – 2004.02.28)

Born:	1934.11.28 (Zipaquirá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1959.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.15
Died:	2019.01.11 (Bucaramanga, Colombia † 84)

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (1978.02.27 – 1990.03.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1978.02.27 – 1990.03.29)

Bishop of Arauca (Colombia) (1990.03.29 – 2003.01.10)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (2003.01.10 – 2004.02.28)

Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C.
(1989.07.08 – 2002.07.12)

Born:	1936.02.17 (Aranzazu, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.07
Died:	2014.09.28 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Cartennæ (1978.11.15 – 1985.12.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia) (1978.11.15 – 1985.12.09)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (1985.12.09 – 1989.07.08)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (1989.07.08 – 2002.07.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Líbano, Tolima
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Honda, Tolima
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Manizales (←), La Dorada–Guaduas (↗), Girardot (↘), Ibagué (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,477 km²

Population: 253,297 Catholics (88.7% of 285,720 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 53 priests (50 diocesan, 3 religious), 73 religious (5 brothers, 68 sisters), 8 seminarians