Diocese of Engativá
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón |
| founding | 2003 |
| surface | 133 km² |
| Parishes | 58 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,400,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 1,155,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 82.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 44 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,324 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 138 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 134 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Juan Bautista de la Estrada |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeengativa.com.co |
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The diocese of Engativá ( lat. : Dioecesis Engativensis , span. : Diócesis de Engativá ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in the city of Bogotá belonging municipality Engativá .
history
The diocese Engativá was established on August 6, 2003 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad efficacius providendum from the cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Bogotá and subordinated to it as a suffragan diocese. The first bishop was Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón . On June 26, 2015, Pope Francis accepted his resignation and appointed Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa as his successor.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad efficacius providendum , AAS 95 (2003), n.12, pp. 811-813.