Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi
Guapien(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Guapi, Colombia
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate on Colombia's Pacific coast, seated at Guapi in the Cauca department and covering the municipalities of Guapi, Lopez and Timbiqui. Established on 5 April 1954 as an apostolic prefecture from the Prefecture of Tumaco, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 13 February 2001. Its seat is the Cathedral of La Inmaculada Concepcion in Guapi.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 January 2001
- Latin
- Guapien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000408
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,000
- Population
- 132,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.0%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 7,529
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Vicar Apostolic
- Alfonso Garcia Lopez
- Born
- 23 February 1971
- Birthplace
- Juradó
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 La Inmaculada Concepcion, Guapi stands in Guapi, 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.
History
In the town of Guapi, in Cauca, Colombia, the Catholic Church maintains this apostolic vicariate, known in Latin as Apostolicus Vicariatus Guapiensis.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Carrera 2 N. 6-07, Guapi [Cauca], Colombia
- Telephone and fax
- [602]840.09.83
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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.