Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
Santa Fe de Antioquia is actually a metropolitan archdiocese (not a suffragan diocese) in Antioquia, Colombia, erected as a diocese in 1804 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1988. Its suffragans include Apartadó, Istmina-Tadó, Quibdó, and Santa Rosa de Osos.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1804
- Latin
- Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia
- Patron
- sainte Barbe
- Annuario code
- 001002948
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 254,000
- Population
- 289,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.8%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 2,592
- Extent
- 9,925 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Archbishop
- Hugo Alberto Torres Marín
- Born
- 9 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Briceño
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
Basílica Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción stands in Santa Fe de Antioquia, 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 Santa Fe de Antioquia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ApartadóApartadó
- Diocese of Istmina-TadóIstmina
- Diocese of QuibdóQuibdó
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de OsosSanta Rosa de Osos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.