Diocese of Quibdó
Quibduan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Quibdó, Colombia
The Diocese of Quibdo is a Latin rite diocese covering much of Choco department in western Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia. Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdo on 14 November 1952, it was elevated to a diocese on 30 April 1990. Its seat is the Catedral de San Francisco de Asis in Quibdo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1952
- Latin
- Quibduan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002700
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 250,000
- Population
- 227,000
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 5,814
- Extent
- 12,758 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Wiston Mosquera Moreno
- Born
- 17 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Andagoya
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 Francisco de Asis stands in Quibdó, 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 Santa Fe de Antioquia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ApartadóApartadó
- Diocese of Istmina-TadóIstmina
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe de AntioquiaSanta Fe de Antioquia
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de OsosSanta Rosa de Osos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Quibdó, a city in Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia, serves as the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Quibduana.
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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.