Archdiocese of Bogotá
Bogoten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bogotá, Colombia
The Archdiocese of Bogotá is the primatial Latin Church see of Colombia, founded as a diocese in 1562 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1564. Its archbishop holds the title Primate of Colombia and is currently Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, with suffragan sees including Engativá, Facatativá, Fontibón, Girardot, Soacha, and Zipaquirá.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 September 1562
- Latin
- Bogoten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
- Annuario code
- 001000918
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,800,000
- Population
- 4,184,000
- Catholic share
- 90.8%
- Priests
- 1,048
- Catholics per priest
- 3,626
- Extent
- 4,019 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 946
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
- Luis José Rueda Aparicio
- Born
- 3 March 1962
- Birthplace
- San Gil
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
Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Catedral Primada), Bogotá stands in Bogotá, 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.
The province of Bogotá
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EngativáEngativá
- Diocese of FacatativáFacatativá
- Diocese of FontibónFontibón
- Diocese of GirardotGirardot
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving nearly 3.8 million Catholics across Bogotá and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, the Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Bogotá; Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bogotensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Colombia covering 4,109 km2 (1,552 square miles). Founded in 1562 as the Diocese of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada, it was raised to an archdiocese two years later and received its present name in 1891.
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].