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Diocese of Apartadó

Apartadoën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Apartadó, Colombia

Latin Church diocese seated at Apartado in the Uraba region between Antioquia and Choco, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia. It was established on June 18, 1988 from the Diocese of Antioquia. Bishop Carlos Alberto Correa Martinez, previously Apostolic Vicar of Guapi, has led the diocese since March 19, 2024.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 June 1988
Latin
Apartadoën(sis)
Patron
N-D de la Antigua
Annuario code
001000711

The see in figures

Catholics
362,000
Population
516,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
70.2%
Priests
58
Catholics per priest
6,241
Extent
21,000 km²
Catholics per km²
17

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Carlos Alberto Correa Martinez
Born
17 July 1968
Birthplace
Medellín

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen stands in Apartadó, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Santa Fe de Antioquia

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In the city of Apartadó, within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó (Latin: Apartadoënsis).

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.