Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Notes on the Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi - 2001

On 13 February 2001, it was made public that the Holy Father had elevated the apostolic prefecture of Guapi (area 9,285 Sqkm, population 100,000, Catholics 95,000, priests 10, religious sisters 34), Colombia, to the rank of apostolic vicariate, with the same name and territorial configuration. He appointed Fr. Hernan Alvarado Solano, pastor of Ubate of the diocese of Zipaquira, as first apostolic vicar of Guapi. The bishop-elect was born in 1946, in Santafe de Bogota, and was ordained a priest in 1971.

Source: VIS, 13 February 2001

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