Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tunja |
| Diocesan bishop | Misael Vacca Ramírez |
| founding | 1955 |
| surface | 4,928 km² |
| Parishes | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 353,811 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 312,286 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 113 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,646 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Lorenzo |
| Co-cathedral | Catedral de San Martín |
| Website | http://diocesisdeduitamasogamoso.org/ |
The Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso ( lat. : Dioecesis Duitamensis-Sogamosensis , span. : Diócesis de Duitama-Sogamoso ) is in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Duitama .
history
The diocese Duitama-Sogamoso was on March 7, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. Established from territorial cession of the Diocese of Tunja as the Diocese of Duitama and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bogotá as a suffragan . The diocese of Duitama was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tunja as a suffragan on June 20, 1964. On June 4, 1994, the diocese of Duitama was renamed the Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Duitama
- José Joaquín Flórez Hernández , 1955–1964, then Bishop of Ibagué
- Julio Franco Arango , 1964–1980
- Jesús María Coronado Caro SDB , 1981-1994
Bishops of Duitama-Sogamoso
- Jesús María Coronado Caro SDS, 1994
- Carlos Prada Sanmiguel , 1994–2012
- Misael Vacca Ramírez , since 2015