roman, catholic, diocese, tibú, latin, tibuensis, located, city, tibú, ecclesiastical, province, nueva, pamplona, colombia, diocese, tibúdioecesis, tibuensislocationcountrycolombiaecclesiastical, provincenueva, pamplonastatisticsarea7, population, total, catho. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibu Latin Tibuensis is located in the city of Tibu in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia Diocese of TibuDioecesis TibuensisLocationCountryColombiaEcclesiastical provinceNueva PamplonaStatisticsArea7 825 km2 3 021 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 190 000180 000 94 7 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished1 August 1951 72 years ago Current leadershipPopeFrancisBishopIsrael Bravo CortesMap Contents 1 History 2 Ordinaries in reverse chronological order 3 See also 4 Sources 5 External linksHistory Edit1 August 1951 Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona 16 November 1983 Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibu 29 December 1998 Promoted as Diocese of TibuOrdinaries in reverse chronological order EditBishops of Tibu Latin Rite below Israel Bravo Cortes since 2021 11 05 Omar Alberto Sanchez Cubillos O P 2011 06 08 2020 10 12 appointed Archbishop of Popayan Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano S D B 2001 04 23 2009 12 02 appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja Jose de Jesus Quintero Diaz 1998 12 29 2000 10 23 appointed Vicar Apostolic of Leticia Prelates of Tibu Latin Rite below Jose de Jesus Quintero Diaz 1996 01 05 1998 12 29 Luis Madrid Merlano 1988 05 21 1995 04 19 appointed Bishop of Cartago Horacio Olave Velandia 1988 01 21 1988 03 17 Jorge Leonardo Gomez Serna O P 1980 10 09 1986 03 06 appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo Latin Rite below Fr Juan Jose Diaz Plata O P 1953 09 13 1979 08 02 See also EditRoman Catholicism in ColombiaSources EditExternal links EditGCatholic org 8 39 N 72 44 W 8 650 N 72 733 W 8 650 72 733 This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Tibu amp oldid 1118282767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,