Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
Bucaramanguen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bucaramanga, Colombia
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese seated at Bucaramanga in Santander, Colombia. Erected as a diocese on December 17, 1952 from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on December 14, 1974, with suffragans Barrancabermeja, Malaga-Soata, Socorro y San Gil, and Velez. Its cathedral is the Catedral de la Sagrada Familia; Archbishop Luis Augusto Campos Florez was appointed on February 24, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1952
- Latin
- Bucaramanguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000966
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,168,525
- Population
- 1,192,350
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.0%
- Priests
- 274
- Catholics per priest
- 4,265
- Extent
- 5,397 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 217
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
- Archbishop
- Luis Augusto Campos Florez
- Born
- 23 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Bogotá
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 de la Sagrada Familia stands in Bucaramanga, 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 Bucaramanga
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja
- Diocese of Málaga–SoatáMálaga–Soatá
- Diocese of Socorro y San GilSocorro y San Gil
- Diocese of VélezVélez
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.