Diocese of

San José del Guaviare

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San José del Guaviare / Sancti Iosephi a Guaviare (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Villavicencio

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.01.19: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of San José del Guaviare / Sancti Iosephi a Guaviare (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú)
1999.10.29: Promoted as Diocese of San José del Guaviare / Sancti Iosephi a Guaviare (Latin) (became suffragan of Bogotá)
2004.07.03: Became suffragan of Villavicencio

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of San José del Guaviare (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez (56)
(2016.05.07 – 2024.10.04)

Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Fijos los ojos en Jesús

Born:	1969.01.18 (Norcasia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.06.18

Priest of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia) (1992.12.12 – 2016.05.07)

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2016.05.07 – 2024.10.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Villavicencio (Colombia) (2022.04.23 – 2022.12.31)

Bishop of Pereira (Colombia) (2024.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa (77)
(2011.02.02 – 2015.06.26)

Bishop emeritus of Engativá (Colombia)

Amor numquam eveniat

Born:	1948.09.17 (Panqueba, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.11.17

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1973.11.30 – 2008.10.22)

Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia (2008.10.22 – 2011.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2008.10.22 – 2011.02.02)

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2011.02.02 – 2015.06.26)

Bishop of Engativá (Colombia) (2015.06.26 – 2024.06.29)

Bishop José Figueroa Gómez (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.05 – 2011.02.02)

Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (79)
(2006.01.17 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Girardota (Colombia)

Aquí estoy Señor

Born:	1946.08.16 (Sonsón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.10

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1970.06.29 – 2006.01.17)

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2006.01.17 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2010.02.02 – 2024.03.21)

Bishop Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.
(1999.10.29 – 2006.01.17)

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)

Vicars Apostolic of San José del Guaviare (Roman Rite)

Bishop Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.
(1989.01.19 – 1999.10.29)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, San José del Guaviare, Guaviare
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (13)

Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (↙), San Vicente del Caguán (←), Granada (↖), Villavicencio (↑), Puerto Gaitán (↗), Inírida (→), Mitú (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 42,327 km²

Population: 108,000 Catholics (90.0% of 120,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 69 missions

Personnel: 21 priests (17 diocesan, 4 religious), 7 deacons, 16 religious (5 brothers, 11 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.08

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