Diocese of Buga

Buguen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Buga, Colombia

Latin-rite diocese based at Buga in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cali. It was erected on 29 June 1966 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cali and the Diocese of Palmira. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Buga.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 29 June 1966
Latin: Buguen(sis)
Annuario code: 001000974

The see in figures

Catholics: 491,127
Population: 569,127
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 86.3%
Priests: 116
Catholics per priest: 4,234
Extent: 3,997 km²
Catholics per km²: 123

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: Alexander Matiz Atencio
Born: 4 August 1960
Birthplace: Pasto

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

Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle (Catedral San Pedro Apostol), Buga stands in Buga, 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 Cali

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cali.

The sees of this province:

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

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Sources

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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.