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List of Dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla

* Archdiocese of Barranquilla ** Diocese of El Banco ** Diocese of Riohacha **

Diocese of Santa Marta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta ( la, Sanctae Marthae) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia. History * January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from ...

Diocese of Valledupar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valledupar ( la, Valleduparensis) is a diocese located in the city of Valledupar in the Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia. History * 4 December 1952: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Valledup ...

Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá

* Archdiocese of Bogotá ** Diocese of Engativá **

Diocese of Facatativá In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

** Diocese of Fontibón ** Diocese of Girardot ** Diocese of Soacha ** Diocese of Zipaquirá

Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga

* Archdiocese of Bucaramanga ** Diocese of Barrancabermeja ** Diocese of Málaga-Soatá **

Diocese of Socorro y San Gil The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil ( la, Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii) is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia. History * 20 March 1895: Established as ...

** Diocese of Vélez

Ecclesiastical province of Cali

* Archdiocese of Cali ** Diocese of Buenaventura ** Diocese of Buga ** Diocese of Cartago **

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Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena

* Archdiocese of Cartagena ** Diocese of Magangué ** Diocese of Montelibano ** Diocese of Monteria ** Diocese of Sincelejo

Ecclesiastical province of Florencia

* Archdiocese of Florencia ** Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy ** Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué

* Archdiocese of Ibagué ** Diocese of Espinal ** Diocese of Garzón ** Diocese of Líbano–Honda ** Diocese of Neiva

Ecclesiastical province of Manizales

* Archdiocese of Manizales ** Diocese of Armenia ** Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas ** Diocese of Pereira

Ecclesiastical province of Medellín

Archdiocese of Medellín In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

** Diocese of Caldas ** Diocese of Girardota ** Diocese of Jericó ** Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro

Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona

* Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona ** Diocese of Arauca ** Diocese of Cúcuta ** Diocese of Ocaña ** Diocese of Tibú

Ecclesiastical province of Popayán

* Archdiocese of Popayán ** Diocese of Ipiales ** Diocese of Pasto ** Diocese of Tumaco

Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia

* Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia ** Diocese of Apartadó ** Diocese of Ismina-Tadó ** Diocese of Quibdó ** Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

Ecclesiastical province of Tunja

* Archdiocese of Tunja ** Diocese of Chiquinquirá ** Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso ** Diocese of Garagoa ** Diocese of Yopal

Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio

* Archdiocese of Villavicencio ** Diocese of Granada en Colombia ** Diocese of San José del Guaviare

Apostolic Vicariates

Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Guapiensis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Guapi, Cauca in Colombia. History On 5 April 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi from the Pr ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida The Vicariate Apostolic of Inírida ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Iniridanus) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Inírida, Guainía in Colombia. History On 30 November 1996 Blessed John Paul II split the Vicariate Apostolic of Mit ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia *

Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Mituensis) is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province) an ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño * Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán * Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano *

Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia The Vicariate Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Andreae et Providentiae) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia in Colombia. History On 20 June 1912 Pius X ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro *

Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad The Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Trinitensis) in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Trinidad, Casanare in Colombia. History On 29 October 1999 Blessed John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate ...

Military Ordinariate of Colombia The Military Bishopric of Colombia ( es, Obispado Castrense de Colombia) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Colombian Armed F ...

Defunct Circumscriptions

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó The Diocese of Jericó ( la, Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Me ...

(first creation) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Tolima *

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Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare The Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Casanarensis) was a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate, located in the central eastern region of Colombia. History * July 17, 1893: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Casana ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira The Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira was a Roman Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia. It was exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. History The mission ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán (now diocese) * Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó * Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca * Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada * Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín

Gallery of Archdioceses

File:Barranquilla Catedral.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla is Catedral Metropolitana de María Reina. File:CatedralPrimadaBogota2004-7.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Bogotá is Catedral Primada Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Victor H Hernandez Cali Catedral.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Cali is Catedral de San Pedro. File:Catedral de Cartagena-Fachada.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Cartagena is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría. File:Catedral de Ibagué.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Ibagué is Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Monumento la catedral.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Manizales is Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. File:Catedral de Medellín, Fachada Principal.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Medellín is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Catedralpopayan.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Popayán is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. File:Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción de Santa Fe de Antioquia.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Catedral tunja.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tunja is Catedral Basílica de Santiago Apóstol.

External links

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Catholic dioceses