Catholic archdiocese in Colombia Archdiocese of Villavicencio Archidioecesis Villavicentiensis Location Country| Colombia Ecclesiastical province| Villavicencio Statistics Area| 65,470 km2 (25,280 sq mi) Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)| (as of 2004) 540,000 506,000 (93.7%) Information Rite| Latin Rite Established| 23 June 1903 (119 years ago) Cathedral| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Current leadership Pope| Francis Archbishop| Sede vacante Bishops emeritus| Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. Oscar Urbina Ortega Map Website http://arquidiocesisdevillavicencio.org.co/ The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Villavicencio (Latin: Villavicentiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Villavicencio in Colombia. ## Contents * 1 History * 2 Bishops * 2.1 Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * 2.2 Coadjutor bishops * 2.3 Auxiliary bishop * 3 Suffragan dioceses * 4 See also * 5 Sources * 6 External links ## History[edit] June 23, 1903 (1903-06-23) Established as Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá March 16, 1908 (1908-03-16) Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Llanos de San Martín June 9, 1949 (1949-06-09) Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio February 11, 1964 (1964-02-11) Promoted as Diocese of Villavicencio July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03) Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Villavicencio April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03) 15 priests serving in the Archdiocese of Villavicencio are suspended from public ministry due to sex abuse allegations. [1][2] April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27) Accused sexually abusive priest Oscar Mora, one of now 19 suspended priests from the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, is revealed to have been transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas in the United States of America and he is soon removed from ministry after the Archdiocese of Villavicencio notifies the Diocese of Dallas about Mora's sex abuse allegations. [3] ## Bishops[edit] ### Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order[edit] * Archbishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below * Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (2007.11.30 – 2022.04.23) * Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2004.07.03 – 2007.05.31), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America * Bishops of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below * Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (2002.07.16 – 2004.07.03) * Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1994.05.03 – 2001.06.16) * Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03) * Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26) * Vicar Apostolic of Villavicencio (Roman rite), below * Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1949.06.09 – 1964.02.11) * Vicars Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Roman rite), below * Bishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939.06.27 – 1949.06.09) * Bishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. (1908.04.04 – 1939.06.24) ### Coadjutor bishops[edit] * Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. (1939), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic * Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1992-1994) ### Auxiliary bishop[edit] * Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. (1961-1969), appointed Bishop here ## Suffragan dioceses[edit] * Granada * San José del Guaviare ## See also[edit] * Roman Catholicism in Colombia ## Sources[edit] 1. ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Catholic Priests Suspended In Colombia Over Abuse Claim". www.barrons.com. 2. ^ "Colombia's Catholic Church suspends 15 priests for sexual abuse". The Brussels Times. April 4, 2020. 3. ^ "Dallas priest accused of abuse removed from the Ministry". The New York Times. April 27, 2020. 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