Archdiocese of Cartagena
Carthaginen(sis) in Columbia
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese on Colombia's Caribbean coast, erected as a diocese on 24 April 1534 and elevated to an archdiocese on 20 June 1900. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and its suffragan sees include Magangué, Montelíbano, Montería, and Sincelejo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 April 1534
- Latin
- Carthaginen(sis) in Columbia
- Annuario code
- 001001064
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,076,000
- Population
- 1,228,000
- Catholic share
- 87.6%
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 7,421
- Extent
- 8,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
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
- Francisco Javier Múnera Correa
- Born
- 21 October 1956
- Birthplace
- Copacabana
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA (I.M.C.)
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
Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría), Cartagena stands in Cartagena, 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 Cartagena
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MaganguéMagangué
- Diocese of MontelíbanoMontelíbano
- Diocese of MonteríaMontería
- Diocese of SincelejoSincelejo
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].