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Diocese of Ocaña

Ocanien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ocaña, Colombia

Latin-rite diocese seated at Ocana in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia, covering parts of Norte de Santander and Cesar, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona. It was erected on 26 October 1962 from territory of the Diocese of Santa Marta. Its seat is St. Anne's Cathedral in Ocana.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
26 October 1962
Latin
Ocanien(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Torcoroma
Annuario code
001002442

The see in figures

Catholics
352,137
Population
417,514
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
84.3%
Priests
99
Catholics per priest
3,557
Extent
18,000 km²
Catholics per km²
20

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
Orlando Olave Villanoba
Born
28 January 1969
Birthplace
Barrancabermeja

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

St. Anne's Cathedral (Catedral de Santa Ana), Ocana stands in Ocaña, 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 Nueva Pamplona

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the city of Ocaña within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona, this diocese (Latin: Ocaniensis) was erected by Pope John XXIII on 26 October 1962, taking in territory from the departments of Norte de Santander and Cesar. Across its 18,000 km2 it embraces 18 towns along with two townships in the municipality of La Esperanza, whose head belongs to the Nueva Pamplona.

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Sources

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.