Diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy
Mocoën(sis)-Sibundoyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese covering the Putumayo department and parts of Cauca and Narino in southern Colombia, with sees at Mocoa and Sibundoy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Florencia since 2019. Established on 8 February 1951 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Sibundoy from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caqueta, it was elevated to a diocese on 29 October 1999. The official diocesan site presents the Cathedral of San Miguel Arcangel in Mocoa as its cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1951
- Latin
- Mocoën(sis)-Sibundoyen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002256
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 255,000
- Population
- 290,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.9%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 3,806
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
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
- Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve
- Born
- 1 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Minas de Fredonia
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 San Miguel Arcangel, Mocoa stands in Mocoa-Sibundoy, 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 Florencia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Florencia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FlorenciaFlorencia
- Diocese of San Vicente del CaguánSan Vicente del Caguán
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of Mocoa and Sibundoy together anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Mocoën(sis)-Sibundoyen(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Florencia.
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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.