Diocese of Caldas
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Medellín |
| Diocesan bishop | César Alcides Balbín Tamayo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Soleibe Arbeláez |
| Vicar General | Orlando de Jesús Arango Posada |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 1,415 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 256,355 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 250,529 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 97.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.175 |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdecaldas.org/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caldas ( lat. : Dioecesis Caldensis , span. : Diócesis de Caldas ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Caldas .
history
The diocese of Caldas was established on June 18, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Omnium Ecclesiarum from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Medellín and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Caldas
- Germán Garcia Isaza CM , 1988–2002, then Bishop of Apartadó
- José Soleibe Arbeláez , 2002–2015
- César Alcides Balbín Tamayo , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Omnium Ecclesiarum , AAS 80 (1988), n.13, pp. 1733f.