Diocese of Facatativá
| Diocese of Facatativá Dioecesis Facatativensis | |
|---|---|
| File:Escudo de la Diócesis de Facatativá.svg | |
| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bogotá |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,311 km2 (892 sq mi) |
| Population Total Catholics |
(as of 2013) 546,000 512,000 (93.8%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 16 March 1962 (64 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla |
| Bishops emeritus | Luis Gabriel Romero Franco |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| Diócesis de Facatativá | |
Diocese of Facatativá — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá (Latin: Facatativensis) is a diocese located in the northwest of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia. Its see is the city of Facatativá; the diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.
The diocesan territory includes the municipalities of Albán, Bojacá, El Rosal, Facatativá, Funza, Guayabal de Síquima, La Vega, Madrid, Mosquera, Nimaima, Nocaima, Quebradanegra, San Francisco de Sales, Sasaima, Subachoque, Supatá, Tabio, Tenjo, Tobía, Útica, Vergara, Villeta and Zipacón in Cundinamarca.[2]
The diocese is bordered by the Diocese of Zipaquirá to the north, the Dioceses of Engativá and Fontibón to the east, the Diocese of Girardot to the southwest, and the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas to the northwest.[2]
History
The Diocese of Facatativá was erected on 16 March 1962 from territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Zipaquirá. Raúl Zambrano Camader was appointed the first bishop of the diocese.
In 1971, the Bishops of Zipaquirá and Facatativá agreed to transfer the parishes of La Peña, Topaipí and San Antonio de Aguilera (a rural parish of Topaipí) back to the Diocese of Zipaquirá.[3] On 29 March 1984, the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas was erected, including territory ceded from the Diocese of Facatativá and two others.[4]
Seminary
Seminarians from the Diocese of Facatativá attend the Major Seminary of Bogotá.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Raul Zambrano Camader (26 April 1962 – 18 December 1972)
- Hernando Velásquez Lotero (27 April 1973 – 18 May 1985), resigned
- Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (15 April 1986 – 13 November 2010), retired
- Luis Antonio Nova Rocha (22 January 2011 – 9 April 2013)
- José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (23 February 2015 – 25 April 2021), appointed Archbishop of Manizales
- Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla (21 April 2022 – Present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Jaime Prieto Amaya, appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja in 1993
See also
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[5]
References
- Back to citation "Diocese of Facatativá". GCatholic.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 "Mapa de la Diócesis de Facatativá" (in Spanish). Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- Back to citation Monseñor Manuel José Rodríguez Possos (1981). "Historia de la Diócesis de Facatativá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- Back to citation "Diocese of Facatativá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- Back to citation Wikidata item Q868764
