Diocese of Malaga-Soatá
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bucaramanga |
| Diocesan bishop | José Libardo Garcés Monsalve |
| Apostolic Administrator | Misael Vacca Ramírez |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 7,466 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 103,249 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 93.216 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 90.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,412 |
| Religious sisters | 72 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | http://diocesismalagasoata.org/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga-Soatá ( lat. : Dioecesis Malagensis-Soatensis , span. : Diócesis de Malaga Soata ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Málaga .
history
The diocese of Málaga-Soatá was established on July 7, 1987 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo efficacius providetur from territorial cessions of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Málaga-Soatá
- Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo , 1987–2001, then Bishop of Buga
- Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía , 2001–2010, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali
- Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid , 2011–2015, then Bishop of Cúcuta
- José Libardo Garcés Monsalve , since 2016
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo efficacius providetur , AAS 79 (1987), n. 11, pp. 1360-1362.