Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia
Columbiae
Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Colombia, Colombia
Maronite-rite apostolic exarchate for Maronite Catholics in Colombia, seated in Bogota and immediately subject to the Holy See through the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. It was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016. Its principal church is the Our Lady of Lebanon Pro-Cathedral in Bogota.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 20 January 2016
- Latin
- Columbiae
- Annuario code
- 001000318
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,050
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 2,525
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
- Eparch
- Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M.
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 Lebanon Pro-Cathedral (Nuestra Senora del Libano), Bogota stands in Colombia, 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.
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].