Apostolic Vicariate of

Mitú

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Mitú / Mituen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1949.06.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú / Mituen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín)
1989.01.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare
1989.06.19: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú–Puerto Inírida
1996.11.30: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú / Mituen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2013.11.23 – ...):

Bishop Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (58)

Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Mitú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (58)
(2013.11.23 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)
Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ

Born:	1967.06.08 (Liborina, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1999.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.15

Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ (2013.11.23 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (2013.11.23 – ...)

Msgr. Damián Electo Chavarría Carvajal, M.X.Y.
(2009 – 2013.11.23)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (2009 – 2013.11.23)

Bishop José Gustavo Ángel Ramírez, M.X.Y.
(1996.11.30 – 2009.09.17)

Born:	1934.03.10 (La Ceja, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.07.22
Died:	2013.02.23 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Mitú–Puerto Inírida (Colombia) (1989.06.19 – 1996.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Vescera (1989.06.19 – 2013.02.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (1996.11.30 – 2009.09.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Mitú–Puerto Inírida (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Gustavo Ángel Ramírez, M.X.Y.
(1989.06.19 – 1996.11.30)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Mitú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.
(Apostolic Administrator 1989.01.19 – 1989.06.19)

Fr. Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. (later Bishop)
(1967.10.30 – 1989.01.19)

Born:	1930.07.14 (Briceño, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1957.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.04.08
Died:	2020.03.20 (Villavicencio, Colombia † 89)

Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (1967.10.30 – 1989.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Mitú (Colombia) (1989.01.19 – 1989.06.19)

Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29)

Vicar Apostolic of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (1999.10.29 – 2006.01.17)

Fr. Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. (later Bishop)
(1953.03.27 – 1967)

Born:	1916.08.06 (Cedeño, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.27
Died:	2010.09.09 († 94)

Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (1953.03.27 – 1967)

Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1973.01.29 – 1996.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ (1973.01.29 – 2010.09.09)

Fr. Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. (later Bishop)
(1949.07.19 – 1953.03.24)

Born:	1917.08.26 (Santo Domingo, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1942.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.24
Died:	1972.01.21 († 54)

Prefect Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) (1949.07.19 – 1953.03.24)

Titular Bishop of Rhesaina (1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral la Inmaculada Concepción, Mitú, Vaupés

Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (←), San José del Guaviare (↖), Inírida (↗), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (→), Tefé (↘), Leticia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 54,132 km²

Population: 20,423 Catholics (45.4% of 45,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 18 priests (13 diocesan, 5 religious), 1 deacon, 13 religious (5 brothers, 8 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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