Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal

The Diocese of Yopal (Latin: Yopalensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.

Diocese of Yopal Dioecesis Yopalensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Tunja
Statistics
Area	17,725 km2 (6,844 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 328,937 242,000 (73.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral San José
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Edgar Aristizábal Quintero
Map

Cathedral of St. Joseph

Its cathedra is in the Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the episcopal see of Yopal, Casanare Department.

History

• Established on 29 October 1999 as Diocese of Yopal, on reassigned territory split off (like the Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad) from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare.

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 294,200 Catholics (96.5% of 305,000 total) on 17,725 km² in 31 parishes and 19 missions with 48 priests (41 diocesan, 7 religious), 11 deacons, 23 lay religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Yopal

• • Apostolic Administrator Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. (1999.10.29 – 2001.06.22), Titular Bishop of Strongoli (1977.05.30 – 2013.06.11), former Apostolic Vicar of Casanare (Colombia) (1977.05.30 – retired 1999.10.29)
• Misael Vacca Ramirez (2001.06.22 – 2017.05.04), also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia) (2015.08.15 – 2016.06.29); next Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (2015.04.18 – ...)
• Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2017.05.04 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Medellin (Colombia) (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04).

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections