The Diocese of Yopal () 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.
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 , it pastorally served 410,000 Catholics (84.2% of 487,000 total) on 17,725 km2 in 35 parishes with 58 priests (50 diocesan, 8 religious), 10 deacons and 21 lay religious (15 brothers, 6 sisters).
Episcopal ordinaries Bishops of Yopal Apostolic Administrator Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. (1999.10.29 – 2001.09.01), Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare Misael Vacca Ramírez (2001.04.24 – 2015.04.15), appointed Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2017.05.04 – 2024.05.24), appointed Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias (2026.06.29 – Present)
See also List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholicism in Colombia
References
Sources and external links GCatholic.org - data for all sections