Diocese of Caldas
Calden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caldas, Colombia
The Diocese of Caldas is a Latin Church diocese in Antioquia, Colombia, erected on 18 June 1988 from territory of the Archdiocese of Medellín, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez has led it since his appointment in December 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 June 1988
- Latin
- Calden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001018
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 211,400
- Population
- 222,400
- Catholic share
- 95.1%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 2,857
- Extent
- 1,250 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 169
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
- Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez
- Born
- 1 June 1975
- Birthplace
- Barbosa
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 Our Lady of Mercy (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes), Caldas stands in Caldas, 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 Medellín
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medellín.
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].