Archdiocese of Ibagué

Ibaguen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ibagué, Colombia

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Ibague in the Tolima department of Colombia. It was erected as the Diocese of Ibague on 20 May 1900 from the Diocese of Tolima and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 December 1974. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ibague.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 20 May 1900
Latin: Ibaguen(sis)
Annuario code: 001001638

The see in figures

Catholics: 504,310
Population: 560,344
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 90.0%
Priests: 123
Catholics per priest: 4,100
Extent: 6,044 km²
Catholics per km²: 83

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

Archbishop: Orlando Roa Barbosa
Born: 4 July 1958
Birthplace: Cali

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, Ibague stands in Ibagué, 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 Ibague

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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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.