Diocese of Ipiales
Ipialen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ipiales, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Ipiales in the Narino department of Colombia near the border with Ecuador, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Popayan. It was erected on 23 September 1964 from territory of the Diocese of Pasto. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Pedro Martir in Ipiales.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 September 1964
- Latin
- Ipialen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de Las Lajas
- Annuario code
- 001001668
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 610,430
- Population
- 676,520
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.2%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 5,499
- Extent
- 11,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Jose Saul Grisales Grisales
- Born
- 12 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Sonsón
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 Pedro Martir, Ipiales stands in Ipiales, 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 Popayan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Popayan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PopayánPopayán
- Diocese of TumacoTumaco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in southern Colombia, Ipiales (Latin: Ipialensis) serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.