Diocese of Soacha
Soachaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Soacha, Colombia
The Diocese of Soacha is a Latin rite diocese covering the populous city of Soacha and surrounding areas of Cundinamarca, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bogota. It was erected on 6 August 2003 from the Archdiocese of Bogota. Its seat is the Catedral de Jesucristo Nuestra Paz in Soacha.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 2003
- Latin
- Soachaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003077
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,390,000
- Population
- 900,000
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 16,163
- Extent
- 425 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,271
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
- Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto
- Born
- 26 December 1968
- Birthplace
- El Guamo
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 Jesucristo Nuestra Paz stands in Soacha, 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 Bogota
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bogota.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ZipaquiráZipaquirá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Soacha is the seat of this Colombian diocese (Latin: Soachaënsis), which forms part of 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.