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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Villavicencio

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Granada, San José del Guaviare

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History

  • 1903.06.23: Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá)
  • 1908.03.16: Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín / Piani di San Martino / Sancti Martini (Latin)
  • 1949.06.09: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio / Villavicentien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mitú)
  • 1956.04.07: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada
  • 1964.01.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ariari
  • 1964.02.11: Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio / Villavicentien(sis) (Latin)
  • 2004.07.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio / Villavicentien(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.11.30 – ...):Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (64)Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (64)Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (64)
(2007.11.30 – ...)

Born:1947.04.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1973.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1996.04.13

Titular Bishop of Forconio (1996.03.08 – 1999.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1996.03.08 – 1999.11.09)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1999.11.09 – 2007.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (2007.11.30 – ...)

Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (67)Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (67)
(2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31)

Born:1944.12.21 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1969.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:1996.04.13

Titular Bishop of Troina (1996.03.08 – 2002.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1996.03.08 – 2002.07.16)

Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31)

Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2007.05.31 – 2011.05.13)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (2011.05.13 – ...)

Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (67)Bishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (67) (later Archbishop)
(2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03)

(see above)

Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (68)Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (68)
(1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)

Born:1943.12.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1988.06.04

Titular Bishop of Zama minor (1988.04.22 – 1992.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1988.04.22 – 1992.05.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1992.05.13 – 1994.05.03)

Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16)

Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (92)Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (92)
(1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)

Born:1919.03.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:1962.02.11

Titular Bishop of Ciparissia (1961.12.04 – 1969.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1961.12.04 – 1969.04.26)

Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M.
(1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)

Born:1897.10.29 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1924.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1939.05.01
Died:1988.09.07 († 90)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia) (1939.01.07 – 1939.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Parætonium (1939.01.07 – 1964.02.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia) (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)

Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Tragurium (1969.04.26 – 1976.01.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M.
(1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M.
(1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M.
(1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)

Born:1860.08.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1884.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1908.05.28
Died:1941.12.24 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia (1908.03.24 – 1941.12.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia) (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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