Apostolic Vicariate of

Puerto Gaitán

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Puerto Gaitán / Portus Gaitan(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2016.04.08 – ...):Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)

Titular Bishop of Afufenia

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez (60)
(2016.04.08 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia)
Titular Bishop of Afufenia

Born:1964.09.22 (Ubaté, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1990.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.22

Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1990.05.14 – 2016.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Afufenia (2016.04.08 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia) (2016.04.08 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Carreño (Colombia) (2020.04.25 – 2023.03.30)

Bishop Luis Horacio Gómez González
(2014.07.10 – 2016.04.08)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1958.10.18 (Salaminas, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1991.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.21
Died:2016.04.17 († 57)

Priest of Manizales (Colombia) (1991.11.30 – 2014.07.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia) (2014.07.10 – 2016.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Liberalia (2014.07.10 – 2016.04.17)

Msgr. Oswaldo Jaramillo Osorio
(2012 – 2014.07.10)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia) (2012 – 2014.07.10)

Bishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.
(1999.12.22 – 2012.03.02)

Born:1937.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1962.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.19
Died:2018.05.24 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia) (1999.12.22 – 2012.03.02)

Titular Bishop of Arsennaria (1999.12.22 – 2018.05.24)

Special Churches

Villavicencio (←), Trinidad (↑), Puerto Carreño (↗), Inírida (→), San José del Guaviare (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 50,400 km²

Population: 205,230 Catholics (93.2% of 220,190 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (17 diocesan, 2 religious), 5 religious (2 brothers, 3 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

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Seminarians

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