Diocese of Girardota
Girardotanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Girardota, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Girardota in the Antioquia department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Medellin. It was erected on 18 June 1988 from territory of the Archdiocese of Medellin. Its seat is Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in Girardota.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 June 1988
- Latin
- Girardotanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001489
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 180,000
- Population
- 200,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 2,647
- Extent
- 2,445 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Guillermo Orozco Montoya
- Born
- 15 August 1946
- Birthplace
- Sonsón
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
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario), Girardota stands in Girardota, 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 Medellin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medellin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MedellínMedellín
- Diocese of JericóJericó
- Diocese of Sonsón-RionegroSonsón
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Girardota, this diocese (Latin: Girardotanensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.
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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.