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Diocese of Zipaquirá

Zipaquiren(sis)

The Diocese of Zipaquira is a Latin rite diocese in Cundinamarca department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bogota. It was erected on 1 September 1951 from the Archdiocese of Bogota. Its seat is the Catedral de la Santisima Trinidad in Zipaquira.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 September 1951
Latin
Zipaquiren(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Annuario code
001000248

The see in figures

Catholics
834,918
Population
575,540
Priests
171
Catholics per priest
4,883
Extent
7,163 km²
Catholics per km²
117

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
Hector Cubillos Pena
Born
17 November 1949
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 de la Santisima Trinidad stands in Zipaquirá, 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:

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

History

Zipaquirá, a city in Colombia, gives its name to this diocese (Latin: Zipaquirensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.

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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.