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Metropolitan see Bucaramanga, Colombia

Archdiocese of Bucaramanga

Bucaramanguen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese seated at Bucaramanga in Santander, Colombia. Erected as a diocese on December 17, 1952 from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on December 14, 1974, with suffragans Barrancabermeja, Malaga-Soata, Socorro y San Gil, and Velez. Its cathedral is the Catedral de la Sagrada Familia; Archbishop Luis Augusto Campos Florez was appointed on February 24, 2026.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de la Sagrada Familia, in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

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Established
1952
Catholics
1,168,525
Priests
274
Territory
5,397 km²

Parishes and churches

113 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Luis Augusto Campos Florez
Born
23 August 1958
Birthplace
Bogotá

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The cathedral

Catedral de la Sagrada Familia stands in Bucaramanga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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