Archdiocese of Barranquilla
Barranquillen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Barranquilla, Colombia
Barranquilla is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Colombia, erected as a diocese on 7 July 1932 and elevated to an archdiocese on 25 April 1969. It heads its own ecclesiastical province with suffragan sees including El Banco, Riohacha, Santa Marta, and Valledupar.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1932
- Latin
- Barranquillen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000842
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,243,000
- Population
- 2,766,000
- Catholic share
- 81.1%
- Priests
- 221
- Catholics per priest
- 10,149
- Extent
- 3,319 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 676
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz
- Born
- 9 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Valledupar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Mary Queen (Catedral Metropolitana de María Reina), Barranquilla stands in Barranquilla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Pro-Cathedral of San Nicolás de Tolentino.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Barranquilla
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of El BancoEl Banco
- Diocese of RiohachaRiohacha
- Diocese of Santa MartaSanta Marta
- Diocese of ValleduparValledupar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Barranquilla (Latin: Archidiocesis Barranquillensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese seated in the city of Barranquilla in Colombia.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].