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.
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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.
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.