Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas
| Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manizales |
| Diocesan bishop | Hency Martínez Vargas |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez |
| founding | 1984 |
| surface | 8,040 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 402,518 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 344,870 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.010 |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Website | Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas ( lat. : Dioecesis Aureatensis-Guaduensis , span. : Diócesis de La Dorada-Guaduas ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Dorada and Guaduas .
history
The diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas was established on March 29, 1984 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quod iure Apostolica Sedes from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Manizales and the dioceses of Barrancabermeja and Facatativá . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manizales as a suffragan .
Bishops of La Dorada-Guaduas
- Fabio Betancur Tirado , 1984–1996, then Archbishop of Manizales
- Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez , 1999–2019
- Hency Martínez Vargas , since 2019
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quod iure Apostolica Sedes , AAS 76 (1984), n.8, pp. 697-699.
