Diocese of

Tumaco

Colombia Colombia

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tumaco / Tumacoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Popayán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tumaco (Roman Rite)

Bishop Orlando Olave Villanoba (55)Bishop Orlando Olave Villanoba (55)
(2017.03.18 – 2024.07.11)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia)

Born:1969.01.28 (Barrancabermeja, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1998.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:2017.05.06

Priest of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1998.12.05 – 2017.03.18)

Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia) (2017.03.18 – 2024.07.11)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (2024.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (84)Bishop Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (84)
(1999.10.29 – 2015.07.25)

Bishop emeritus of Tumaco (Colombia)

Born:1940.05.28 (Medellín, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:1990.04.22

Titular Bishop of Bisica (1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia) (1999.10.29 – 2015.07.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Tumaco (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (84)Bishop Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. (84)
(1990.02.08 – 1999.10.29)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D.
(1966.05.03 – 1990.02.08)

Born:1924.05.21 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1966.07.31
Died:2007.03.14 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1966.05.03 – 1990.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Lambiridi (1966.05.03 – 2007.03.14)

Bishop Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D.
(1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)

Born:1909.03.15 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1933.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:1961.04.09
Died:1965.11.05 († 56)

Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1954.04.23 – 1961.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Philæ (1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)

Prefects Apostolic of Tumaco (Roman Rite)

Fr. Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. (later Bishop)
(1954.04.23 – 1961.02.07)

(see above)

Fr. Peitro Nel Ramirez, O.A.R.
(1949.07.14 – ?)

Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1949.07.14 – ?)

Fr. Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R.
(1928.03.30 – 1949)

Born:1891.05.18 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1914.10.04
Died:1971.04.24 († 79)

Prefect Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1928.03.30 – 1949)

Special Churches

Esmeraldas (↙), Guapi (↗), Pasto (→), Ipiales (↘), Tulcán (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 16,000 km²

Population: 216,000 Catholics (45.8% of 472,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 31 priests (20 diocesan, 11 religious), 26 religious (11 brothers, 15 sisters), 10 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.01

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