Diocese of Cartago (Colombia)
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cali |
| Diocesan bishop | José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez OAR |
| Vicar General | Alfonso Rojas Rodríguez |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 4,000 km² |
| Parishes | 48 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 475,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 455,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 95.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 72 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,170 |
| Friars | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 156 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| address | Residencia Episcopal Carrera 5, N. 13-87 Cartago [Valle] Colombia |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdecartago.org/ |
The Diocese of Cartago ( lat. : Dioecesis Carthadensis in Columbia , span. : Diócesis de Cartago ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cartago .
history
The Diocese of Cartago was on March 16, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. built with the papal bull Ecclesiarum omnium from cessions of territory of the diocese of Cali . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Cali as a suffragan .
Bishops of Cartago
- José Gabriel Calderón Contreras , 1962–1995
- Luis Madrid Merlano , 1995–2010, then Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez OAR , since 2010
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