Archdiocese of Bogotá
| Archdiocese of Bogotá | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis José Rueda Aparicio |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla Luis Manuel Alí Herrera |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sáenz Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez |
| surface | 4,099 km² |
| Parishes | 293 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 4,679,165 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 4,032,500 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 86.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 409 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 545 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,227 |
| Permanent deacons | 157 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 1,090 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,584 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción de Bogotá |
| Website | www.arquibogota.org.co |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Engativá Diocese of Facatativá Diocese of Fontibón Diocese of Girardot Diocese of Soacha Diocese of Zipaquirá |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá ( lat. : Archidioecesis bogotensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Bogota ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Bogotá .
history
The Archdiocese of Bogotá was established on September 11, 1562 by Pope Pius IV from cession of territory by the Diocese of Santa Marta as the Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo as a suffragan .
The diocese Santafé en Nueva Granada was raised to the archbishopric on March 22, 1564 by Pius IV with the Apostolic Constitution In suprema dignitatis apostolicae . On February 16, 1778, the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Mérida . Further territories were ceded on August 31, 1804 to found the diocese of Antioquia , on September 25, 1835 to found the diocese Nueva Pamplona , on July 29, 1880 to found the diocese of Tunja and in 1894 to found the diocese of Tolima .
On June 8, 1898, the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada was renamed the Archdiocese of Bogotá . The Archdiocese of Bogotá gave up parts of its territory on June 23, 1903 to establish the territorial prelature Intendencias Orientales . Further assignments of territory took place on September 1, 1951 to found the Zipaquirá diocese , May 29, 1956 to found the Girardot diocese and March 16, 1962 to found the Facatativá diocese . On August 6, 2003, the Archdiocese of Bogotá gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Fontibón , Engativá and Soacha .
The Archbishops of Bogotá have been holding the title of Primate of Colombia since November 7, 1902 . Since 1953 all archbishops of Bogotá have been created as cardinals , so that Bogotá is traditionally a bishopric with the dignity of cardinals.
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bogotá on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 5, 2011.