Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
| Archdiocese of Bucaramanga | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Ismael Rueda Sierra |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Víctor Manuel López Forero |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 5,397 km² |
| Parishes | 105 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 1,446,206 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,412,063 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 97.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 179 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 57 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,983 |
| Permanent deacons | 60 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 80 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 553 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Sagrada Familia |
| Website | http://www.arquidiocesisbucaramanga.com/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Barrancabermeja Málaga-Soatá Socorro y San Gil Vélez |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucaramanga ( lat. : Archidioecesis Bucaramanguensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Bucaramanga ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Bucaramanga . It covers part of the Colombian department of Santander .
history
Pope Pius XII founded it on December 17, 1952 with the bull Cum sit latior from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bogotá as a suffragan diocese. On May 29, 1956, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam Ecclesiarum it was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishopric on December 14, 1974 . It lost part of its territory on July 7, 1987 in favor of the establishment of the diocese of Málaga-Soatá .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Bucaramanga
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque (December 18, 1952 - August 3, 1959, then Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona )
- Héctor Rueda Hernández (May 6, 1960 - December 14, 1974)
Archbishops of Bucaramanga
- Héctor Rueda Hernández (December 14, 1974 - November 7, 1991, then Archbishop of Medellín )
- Darío Castrillón Hoyos (December 16, 1992 - June 15, 1996)
- Víctor Manuel López Forero (June 27, 1998 - February 13, 2009)
- Ismael Rueda Sierra (since February 13, 2009)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1958 | 358.177 | 363,820 | 98.4 | 109 | 66 | 43 | 3,286 | 61 | 358 | 41 | |
| 1966 | 565.287 | 569.297 | 99.3 | 167 | 87 | 80 | 3,384 | 93 | 448 | 51 | |
| 1970 | 579.998 | 593.998 | 97.6 | 142 | 84 | 58 | 4,084 | 101 | 1,031 | 58 | |
| 1976 | 601.605 | 619.198 | 97.2 | 125 | 84 | 41 | 4,812 | 61 | 340 | 67 | |
| 1980 | 675,682 | 695.815 | 97.1 | 133 | 85 | 48 | 5,080 | 72 | 398 | 69 | |
| 1990 | 832,684 | 858.586 | 97.0 | 157 | 89 | 68 | 5,303 | 3 | 101 | 563 | 69 |
| 1999 | 1,045,884 | 1,070,133 | 97.7 | 205 | 137 | 68 | 5.101 | 10 | 106 | 612 | 90 |
| 2000 | 1,072,035 | 1,096,896 | 97.7 | 214 | 146 | 68 | 5,009 | 10 | 142 | 552 | 90 |
| 2001 | 1,104,214 | 1,130,517 | 97.7 | 216 | 148 | 68 | 5.112 | 10 | 138 | 625 | 92 |
| 2002 | 1,126,749 | 1,153,589 | 97.7 | 212 | 147 | 65 | 5,314 | 14th | 115 | 632 | 94 |
| 2003 | 1,149,284 | 1,176,660 | 97.7 | 215 | 150 | 65 | 5,345 | 20th | 122 | 636 | 94 |
| 2004 | 1,168,525 | 1,192,350 | 98.0 | 213 | 143 | 70 | 5,486 | 24 | 125 | 581 | 96 |
| 2012 | 1,343,760 | 1,376,252 | 97.6 | 244 | 183 | 61 | 5,507 | 56 | 105 | 574 | 105 |