Diocese of Facatativá
Facatativen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Facatativá, Colombia
The Diocese of Facatativá is a Latin Church diocese in the Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, erected in 1962 from territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Zipaquirá. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1962
- Latin
- Facatativen(sis)
- Patron
- María Salud de los Enfermos
- Annuario code
- 001001388
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 512,000
- Population
- 546,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.8%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 5,447
- Extent
- 2,311 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 222
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
- Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla
- Born
- 4 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Bucaramanga
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 Santísima Virgen del Rosario stands in Facatativá, 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 EngativáEngativá
- Diocese of FontibónFontibón
- Diocese of GirardotGirardot
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the northwestern part of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia, the Diocese of Facatativá (Latin: Facatativensis) has its see in the city of Facatativá and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.
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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.