Diocese of Duitama–Sogamoso
Duitamen(sis)-Sogamosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Duitama, Colombia
The Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso is a Latin Church diocese in the Boyacá Department of Colombia, established on 7 March 1955 and renamed to its dual-seat title in 1994. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tunja, with its cathedral in Duitama and co-cathedral in Sogamoso.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 March 1955
- Latin
- Duitamen(sis)-Sogamosen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>Nuestra Señora de Monguí<li> san José
- Annuario code
- 001001328
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 375,000
- Population
- 394,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 2,568
- Extent
- 4,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 85
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
- Edgar Aristizábal Quintero
- Born
- 2 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Cartago (Colombia)
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. Lawrence (Catedral de San Lorenzo), Duitama stands in Duitama, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of St. Martin (Catedral de San Martín), Sogamoso.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tunja
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tunja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TunjaTunja
- Diocese of ChiquinquiráChiquinquirá
- Diocese of GaragoaGaragoa
- Diocese of YopalYopal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.