Diocese of

Quibdó

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Quibdó / Quibduan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Fe de Antioquia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.04.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó / Choco (Latin) (from Diocese of Antioquía)
1917.02.05: Lost territory to Diocese of Jericó
1952.11.14: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó / Quibduan(us) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Antioquía and lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Istmina)
1952.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Armenia and Diocese of Pereira
1954.04.08: Gained territory from Diocese of Jericó
1988.06.18: Lost territory to Diocese of Apartadó
1990.04.30: Promoted as Diocese of Quibdó / Quibduan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Santa Fe de Antioquia)
2003.11.22: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.07.05 – ...):

Bishop Wiston Mosquera Moreno (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Quibdó (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wiston Mosquera Moreno (58)
(2024.07.05 – ...)

Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia)

Born:	1967.03.17 (Andagoya, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	2005.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.09.14

Priest of Cali (Colombia) (2005.03.19 – 2024.07.05)

Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia) (2024.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.06.29 – 2024.07.05)

Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto (56)
(2013.01.30 – 2022.04.25)

Bishop of Soacha (Colombia)

Born:	1968.12.26 (El Guamo, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.03.09

Priest of Espinal (Colombia) (1993.01.30 – 2013.01.30)

Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia) (2013.01.30 – 2022.04.25)

Bishop of Soacha (Colombia) (2022.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Julio Hernando García Peláez (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.03 – 2013.01.30)

Bishop Fidel León Cadavid Marín (73)
(2001.07.25 – 2011.02.02)

Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

Fidelis servus et prudens

Born:	1951.07.03 (Antioquia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1976.10.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.22

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1976.10.05 – 2001.07.25)

Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia) (2001.07.25 – 2011.02.02)

Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (2011.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.
(1990.04.30 – 2001.02.16)

Born:	1935.11.25 (Montebello, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.06
Died:	2025.05.02 (Medellín, Colombia † 89)

Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1983.06.06 – 1990.04.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó (Colombia) (1983.06.06 – 1990.04.30)

Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia) (1990.04.30 – 2001.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2001.02.16 – 2010.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Ston (2001.02.16 – 2025.05.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Quibdó (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.
(1983.06.06 – 1990.04.30)

(see above)

Bishop Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F.
(1953.03.24 – 1983.06.06)

Born:	1903.02.02 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.31
Died:	2002.03.04 († 99)

Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó (Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1983.06.06)

Titular Bishop of Pella (1953.03.24 – 2002.03.04)

Prefects Apostolic of Chocó (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francesco Sanz Pascual, C.M.F.
(1931.02.27 – 1952)

Died:

1952

Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia) (1931.02.27 – 1952)

Fr. Francisco Gutiérrez, C.M.F.
(1912 – 1930.04.29)

Prefect Apostolic of Chocó (Colombia) (1912 – 1930.04.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Francisco de Asís, Quibdó, Chocó

Apartadó (↑), Santa Fe de Antioquia (↗), Jericó (→), Pereira (↘), Istmina–Tadó (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,679 km²

Population: 250,000 Catholics (84.6% of 295,670 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 43 priests (38 diocesan, 5 religious), 36 religious (10 brothers, 26 sisters), 11 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.05.17

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