Suffragan diocese Arauca, Colombia
Diocese of Arauca
Araucen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated at Arauca in eastern Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona. Erected on May 26, 1915 as an apostolic prefecture from the Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1970 and to diocese on July 19, 1984. Its cathedral is the Catedral Santa Barbara in Arauca; Bishop Jaime Cristobal Abril Gonzalez has served since November 18, 2019.
On the map
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- Established
- 1915
- Catholics
- 232,000
- Priests
- 51
- Territory
- 14,480 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Santa Bárbara - CatedralArauca · CathedralView parish
- Centro parroquial Divino NiñoAraucaView parish
- Centro Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la PazTown not recordedView parish
- Centro pastoral La Sagrada FamiliaSaravenaView parish
- Cuasi-parroquia La Medalla MilagrosaAraucaView parish
- Parroquia Beato Jesús Emilio JaramilloFortulView parish
- Parroquia Cristo ReySaravenaView parish
- Parroquia Divino NiñoSaravenaView parish
- Parroquia Divino NiñoTameView parish
- Parroquia Espíritu SantoPuerto JordánView parish
- Parroquia La AsunciónTameView parish
- Parroquia La CandelariaLa Salina, CasanareView parish
- Parroquia La InmaculadaSaravenaView parish
- Parroquia La InmaculadaPuerto RondónView parish
- Parroquia La PurísimaCravo NorteView parish
- Parroquia María AuxiliadoraAraucaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaChita, BoyacáView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenLa Esmeralda, ArauquitaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenSaravenaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen de FortulFortulView parish
- Parroquia Perpetuo SocorroAraucaView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado CorazónAguachica, ArauquitaView parish
- Parroquia San Isidro LabradorLa Reinera, ArauquitaView parish
- Parroquia San JoséPanamá de Arauca, ArauquitaView parish
- Parroquia San LorenzoArauquitaView parish
- Parroquia San Miguel ArcángelCubaráView parish
- Parroquia Santa CruzGibraltar, CubaráView parish
- Parroquia Santa TeresitaAraucaView parish
- Parroquia Santísima TrinidadTameView parish
- Parroquia Señor de los MilagrosAraucaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jaime Cristobal Abril Gonzalez
- Born
- 17 July 1972
- Birthplace
- El Espino
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The cathedral
Catedral Santa Barbara stands in Arauca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Arauca (Latin: Araucensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese seated in the city of Arauca, within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona.