Abstract

ECHEVERRY PEREZ, Antonio José  and  ABADIA QUINTERO, Carolina. The Diocese of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) during 20^th Century: Towards the Strengthening of Modernity. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.12, pp.99-124. ISSN 2145-132X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/historelo.v6n12.43246.

The present article, based on a research carried out on diocesan archives -mainly unpublished- describes the historical path followed during the creation of the most important dioceses in the Valle del Cauca region (Colombia) during the 20th century: Cali, Palmira, Buenaventura, Cartago and Buga. It shows how the Church constituted a fundamental project of religious modernization as a result of its growing presence in the Valle del Cauca territory. The process begun with the fragmentation of the wide area occupied by the Archdiocese of Popayan, when each new diocese developed its own process in the establishment of new parishes, schools and charity institutions. These constitute the foundations of the Catholic Church and the construction and empowerment of religion, both in rural sectors and urban spaces along the Department. Nevertheless, each new parish in the Valle del Cauca was created according to local circumstances of economic development and social modernization.

Keywords : church; modernization; regional history; Valle del Cauca.

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