Diocese of Buenaventura
Bonaventuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Buenaventura, Colombia
Latin Church diocese seated at Buenaventura in the Valle del Cauca Department on Colombia's Pacific coast, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cali. Established on November 14, 1952 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura from the Diocese of Cali and the Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco, and promoted to diocese on November 30, 1996. Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Buenaventura; Bishop Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya has served since June 30, 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 1996
- Latin
- Bonaventuren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Bonaventure
- Annuario code
- 001000971
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 434,000
- Population
- 400,900
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 11,730
- Extent
- 6,633 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya
- Born
- 15 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Santa Rosa de Cabal
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de San Buenaventura stands in Buenaventura, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cali
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cali.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CaliCali
- Diocese of BugaBuga
- Diocese of CartagoCartago
- Diocese of PalmiraPalmira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.