Archdiocese of Cartagena

Carthaginen(sis) in Columbia

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese on Colombia's Caribbean coast, erected as a diocese on 24 April 1534 and elevated to an archdiocese on 20 June 1900. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and its suffragan sees include Magangué, Montelíbano, Montería, and Sincelejo.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 24 April 1534
Latin: Carthaginen(sis) in Columbia
Annuario code: 001001064

The see in figures

Catholics: 1,076,000
Population: 1,228,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 87.6%
Priests: 145
Catholics per priest: 7,421
Extent: 8,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 135

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: Francisco Javier Múnera Correa
Born: 21 October 1956
Birthplace: Copacabana
Institute: ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA (I.M.C.)

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

Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría), Cartagena stands in Cartagena, 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 Cartagena

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.