Facatativá diocese
Facatativá diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Colombia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
Diocesan bishop | José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luis Gabriel Romero Franco |
founding | 1962 |
surface | 2,311 km² |
Parishes | 39 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 488.087 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 462.087 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 94.7% |
Diocesan priest | 53 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 37 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5.134 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
Friars | 104 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 155 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario |
Website | http://www.diocesisdefacatativa.org/ |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The diocese of Facatativá ( lat. : Dioecesis Facatativensis , span. : Diócesis de Facatativá ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Facatativá .
history
The diocese Facatativá was on March 16, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the papal bull Summi pastoris from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On March 29, 1984, the Diocese Facatativá gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas .
Bishops of Facatativá
- Raúl Zambrano Camader , 1962-1972
- Hernando Velásquez Lotero , 1973–1985
- Luis Gabriel Romero Franco , 1986-2010
- Luis Antonio Nova Rocha , 2010-2013
- José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez , since 2015