Soacha diocese
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
| Diocesan bishop | José Daniel Falla Robles |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Daniel Caro Borda |
| founding | 2003 |
| surface | 425 km² |
| Parishes | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 860,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 806,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 93.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,500 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 132 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Jesucristo Nuestra Paz |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Soacha ( lat. : Dioecesis Soachaensis , span. : Diócesis de Soacha ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Soacha .
history
The Diocese of Soacha was established on August 6, 2003 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Frequenter fieri from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Bogotá and subordinated to it as a suffragan . The first bishop was Daniel Caro Borda .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Frequenter fieri , AAS 95 (2003), n.12, p. 815f.