Diocese of Líbano-Honda
Liban(us)-Hondan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Líbano, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese covering northern Tolima department, Colombia, with sees at Libano and Honda, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ibague. It was erected on 8 July 1989 from territory at the northern end of the Archdiocese of Ibague. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Libano, with the Co-Cathedral of Nuestra Senora del Rosario in Honda.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 July 1989
- Latin
- Liban(us)-Hondan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001994
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 250,000
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 4,717
- Extent
- 3,477 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 72
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 Luis Henao Cadavid
- Born
- 7 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Andes
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 Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Libano stands in Líbano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Honda.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ibague
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibague.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbaguéIbagué
- Diocese of EspinalEspinal
- Diocese of GarzónGarzón
- Diocese of NeivaNeiva
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering northern Tolima Department in Colombia, this diocese (Latin: Libanus-Hondanus) has its sees in the cities of Líbano and Honda and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ibagué.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Casa Episcopal, Carrera 6 N. 14-25, Líbano [Tolima], Colombia
- Telephone
- 312.7761.770
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.