Diocese of Neiva
Neiven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Neiva, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Neiva, capital of the Huila department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ibague. It was erected on 24 July 1972 when it was separated from the Diocese of Garzon-Neiva. Its seat is the Cathedral of La Inmaculada Concepcion in Neiva.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 July 1972
- Latin
- Neiven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002371
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 409,126
- Population
- 430,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.1%
- Priests
- 87
- Catholics per priest
- 4,703
- Extent
- 10,523 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 39
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
- Froilan Tiberio Casas Ortiz
- Born
- 21 May 1948
- Birthplace
- Chiquinquirá
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, Neiva stands in Neiva, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibague.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbaguéIbagué
- Diocese of EspinalEspinal
- Diocese of GarzónGarzón
- Diocese of Líbano-HondaLíbano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
This Colombian diocese (Latin: Neivensis) has its seat in the city of Neiva and lies within the ecclesiastical province of Ibagué.
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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.