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Metropolitan see Barranquilla, Colombia

Archdiocese of Barranquilla

Barranquillen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral of Mary Queen (Catedral Metropolitana de María Reina), Barranquilla, in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Established
1932
Catholics
2,243,000
Priests
221
Territory
3,319 km²

Parishes and churches

156 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

Archbishop
Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz
Born
9 June 1957
Birthplace
Valledupar

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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.

History

Barranquilla (Latin: Archidiocesis Barranquillensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese seated in the city of Barranquilla in Colombia.