Diocese of Cartago
Carthaden(sis) in Columbia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cartago, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese centered on Cartago in the Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cali. It was erected on 16 March 1962 from the then Diocese of Cali. Its seat is Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Cartago.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1962
- Latin
- Carthaden(sis) in Columbia
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Paz
- Annuario code
- 001001066
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 515,000
- Population
- 523,000
- Catholic share
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 4,905
- Extent
- 4,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 129
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
- Cesar Alcides Balbin Tamayo
- Born
- 8 September 1958
- Birthplace
- Santa Rosa de Osos
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
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen), Cartago stands in Cartago, 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 BugaBuga
- 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].