Diocese of Vélez
Velezan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vélez, Colombia
The Diocese of Velez is a Latin rite diocese in Santander department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga. It was erected on 14 May 2003 from the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de las Nieves in Velez.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 May 2003
- Latin
- Velezan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000080
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 126,134
- Population
- 200,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 63.1%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 3,153
- Extent
- 4,958 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Jose Camilo Arbelaez Montoya
- Born
- 18 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Bogotá
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 Senora de las Nieves stands in Vélez, 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 Bucaramanga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BucaramangaBucaramanga
- Diocese of BarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja
- Diocese of Málaga–SoatáMálaga–Soatá
- Diocese of Socorro y San GilSocorro y San Gil
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Vélez, a city within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Velezana.
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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.