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The Episcopal Conference of Colombia is an administrative institution and permanence of the Catholic Church, composed of all the bishops of the dioceses of Colombia in a college, in communion with the Roman Pontiff and under his authority to exercise set of certain pastoral functions of the episcopate on the faithful of their territory under the rule of law and statutes, in order to promote the life of the Church, to strengthen its mission of evangelization and respond more effectively to the greater good that the Church should seek to men.
| Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia | |
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| Abbreviation | CEC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 14 September 1908 |
| Type | Episcopal conference |
| Legal status | Civil nonprofit |
Region served | Colombia |
Membership | Active and retired Catholic bishops of the Colombia |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Luis José Rueda Aparicio |
Main organ | Conference |
Ecclesiastical organization edit
The Catholic Church is present in 13 locations with groundwater, 52 suffragan dioceses, 10 apostolic vicariate 1 and Military Ordinary:
The Archdiocese of Barranquilla is suffragan dioceses of The Tour Santa Marta and Valledupar Riohacha
The Archdiocese of Bogotá has as suffragan dioceses of Engativá Facatativá Fontibón Soacha and Zipaquirá Girardot
The Archdiocese of Bucaramanga is suffragan diocese of Barrancabermeja Malaga Soatá Socorro and San Gil and Velez
The Archdiocese of Cali diocese is suffragan of Carthage and Palmyra Buga Buenaventura
The Archdiocese of Cartagena is Magangué suffragan dioceses of Monteria and Sincelejo Montelibano
The Archdiocese of Ibague is suffragan dioceses of Florence Garzón Lebanon Cord-Honda and Neiva
The Archdiocese of Manizales has the suffragan dioceses of La Dorada-Guaduas Armenia and Pereira
The Archdiocese of Medellín has the suffragan dioceses of Caldas Girardota Jericho and Sonson-Rionegro
The Archdiocese of New Pamplona diocese is suffragan of Ocana and Cucuta Tibú Arauca
The Archdiocese of Popayan is suffragan dioceses of Ipiales Mocoa Sibundoy meals and Tumaco
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia is suffragan diocese of Apartado Tado-Istmina Quibdó and Santa Rosa de Osos
The Archdiocese of Tunja is suffragan dioceses of Chiquinquirá Duitama-Sogamoso Garagoa and Yopal
The Archdiocese of Villavicencio is suffragan dioceses of Colombia Granada and San Jose del Guaviare
The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi, Inirida, Leticia, Mitu Puerto Carreno Puerto Gaitan, San Andres and Providencia, San Vicente, Puerto Leguizamo, Tierradentro and Trinidad are immediately subject to the Holy See
The Military Ordinary in Colombia
Presidents edit
| No. | President | See | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernardo Herrera Restrepo | Bogotá | 1908–1928 |
| 2 | Ismael Perdomo Borrero | Bogotá | 1928–1950 |
| 3 | Crisanto Luque Sánchez | Bogotá | 1950–1959 |
| 4 | Luis Concha Córdoba | Bogotá | 1959–1964 |
| 5 | Aníbal Muñoz Duque | Nueva Pamplona
Bogotá |
1964–1972 |
| 6 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez | Garzón | 1972–1978 |
| 7 | Mario Revollo Bravo | Nueva Pamplona | 1978–1984 |
| 8 | Héctor Rueda Hernández | Bucaramanga | 1984–1987 |
| 9 | Alfonso López Trujillo | Medellín | 1987–1990 |
| 10 | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz | Cali
Bogotá |
1990–1996 |
| 11 | Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo | Popayán
Medellín |
1996–2002 |
| 12 | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz | Bogotá | 2002–2005 |
| 13 | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga | Tunja | 2005–2008 |
| 14 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Barranquilla Bogotá |
2008–2014 |
| 15 | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga | Tunja | 2014–2017 |
| 16 | Oscar Urbina Ortega | Villavicencio | 2017–2021 |
| 17 | Luis José Rueda Aparicio | Bogotá | 2017–2021 |
See also edit
External links edit
- CEC.org Archived 19 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- GigaCatholic
- UCatholica Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
