Diocese of

Mocoa–Sibundoy

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mocoa–Sibundoy (español) / Mocoën(sis)–Sibundoyen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Florencia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1904.12.20: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Caquetá (español) (from Diocese of Pasto)
1930.05.31: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá (español)
1951.02.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy (español) / Sibundoyen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia and Apostolic Prefecture of Leticia)
1964.09.23: Lost territory to Diocese of Pasto and lost territory to establish Diocese of Ipiales
1999.10.29: Promoted as Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy (español) / Mocoën(sis)–Sibundoyen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Popayán)
2019.07.13: Became suffragan of Florencia

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.05.29 – ...):	Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (57) Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.05.29 – ...)

Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve (67)
(2015.10.15 – 2025.04.10)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Omnia Christus est nobis

Born:	1958.01.20 (Fredonia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.12.03

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1986.07.05 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (2015.10.15 – 2025.04.10)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2025.04.10 – ...)

Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López (87)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.12.01 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora
(2003.10.18 – 2014.12.01)

Id y evangelizad

Born:	1944.03.22 (Tenza, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.12.11
Died:	2023.08.08 (Bogotá, Colombia † 79)

Priest of Yopal (Colombia) (1971.10.09 – 2003.10.18)

Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (2003.10.18 – 2014.12.01)

Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.
(1999.10.29 – 2003.10.18)

Born:	1934.07.27 (Neira, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1959.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.15
Died:	2025.02.10 (Buga, Colombia † 90)

Titular Bishop of Budua (1991.04.15 – 1999.10.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1991.04.15 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (1999.10.29 – 2003.10.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Sibundoy (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.
(1991.04.15 – 1999.10.29)

(see above)

Bishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.
(1978.02.27 – 1990.03.29)

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 Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R.
(1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)

Born:	1925.07.17 (Piedecuesta, 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 Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap.
(1951.02.08 – 1971.01.16)

Born:	1896.06.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1919.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.07.06
Died:	1985.01.20 († 88)

Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia) (1947.06.12 – 1951.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Cratia (1947.06.12 – 1985.01.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1951.02.08 – 1971.01.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Caquetá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap.
(1947.06.12 – 1951.02.08)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel Monconill y Viladot, O.F.M. Cap.
(1930.06.11 – 1946.02.26)

Born:	1891.05.13 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1914.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.10.26
Died:	1946.02.26 († 54)

Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia) (1930.06.11 – 1946.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Cadossia (1930.06.30 – 1946.02.26)

Prefects Apostolic of Caquetá (Roman Rite)

Fr. Fedele da Montclar, O.F.M. Cap.
(1905 – 1930)

Died:

1930

Prefect Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia) (1905 – 1930)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Alfonso María de Ligorio, Sibundoy, Putumayo
Co-Cathedral: Co-Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel, Mocoa, Putumayo
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Ipiales (↙), Pasto (↖), Popayán (↑), Garzón (↗), Florencia (→), Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (↘), San Miguel de Sucumbíos (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,885 km²

Population: 328,560 Catholics (86.0% of 382,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 67 priests (63 diocesan, 4 religious), 6 deacons, 41 religious (5 brothers, 36 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.11

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