Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas
Aureaten(sis)-Guaduen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Dorada–Guaduas, Colombia
The Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas is a Latin Church diocese spanning Caldas and Cundinamarca, Colombia, erected in 1984. Its cathedral is in La Dorada with a co-cathedral in Guaduas, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manizales.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 March 1984
- Latin
- Aureaten(sis)-Guaduen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001930
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 294,000
- Population
- 294,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 110
- Catholics per priest
- 2,673
- Extent
- 8,040 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Hency Martínez Vargas
- Born
- 24 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Málaga
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 Nuestra Señora del Carmen stands in La Dorada–Guaduas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral de San Miguel Arcángel.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Manizales
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manizales.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ManizalesManizales
- Diocese of ArmeniaArmenia
- Diocese of PereiraPereira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of La Dorada and Guaduas jointly anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Aureatensis-Guaduensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Manizales.
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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.