Diocese of Buga
Buguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Buga, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese based at Buga in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cali. It was erected on 29 June 1966 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cali and the Diocese of Palmira. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Buga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 June 1966
- Latin
- Buguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000974
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 491,127
- Population
- 569,127
- Catholic share
- 86.3%
- Priests
- 116
- Catholics per priest
- 4,234
- Extent
- 3,997 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 123
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
- Bishop
- Alexander Matiz Atencio
- Born
- 4 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Pasto
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 of St. Peter the Apostle (Catedral San Pedro Apostol), Buga stands in Buga, 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 Cali
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cali.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CaliCali
- Diocese of BuenaventuraBuenaventura
- Diocese of CartagoCartago
- Diocese of PalmiraPalmira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].