Diocese of Engativá
Engativen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Engativá, Colombia
The Diocese of Engativá is a Latin Church diocese covering part of the city of Bogotá, Colombia, erected on 6 August 2003 from the Archdiocese of Bogotá, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Germán Medina Acosta was appointed to lead it in June 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 2003
- Latin
- Engativen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001365
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,100,000
- Population
- 1,332,728
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.5%
- Priests
- 187
- Catholics per priest
- 5,882
- Extent
- 133 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8,271
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
- Germán Medina Acosta
- Born
- 25 February 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
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Catedral de San Juan Bautista), Engativá stands in Engativá, 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 Bogotá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bogotá.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BogotáBogotá
- Diocese of FacatativáFacatativá
- Diocese of FontibónFontibón
- Diocese of GirardotGirardot
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.