Diocese of Cúcuta
Cucuten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cúcuta, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Cucuta, capital of the Norte de Santander department on Colombia's border with Venezuela, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona. It was erected on 29 May 1956 from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Jose in Cucuta.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 May 1956
- Latin
- Cucuten(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001001244
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 722,000
- Population
- 803,000
- Catholic share
- 89.9%
- Priests
- 155
- Catholics per priest
- 4,658
- Extent
- 2,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 328
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
- Jose Libardo Garces Monsalve
- Born
- 26 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Aguadas
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
Catedral de San Jose, Cucuta stands in Cúcuta, 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 Nueva Pamplona
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Nueva PamplonaNueva Pamplona
- Diocese of AraucaArauca
- Diocese of OcañaOcaña
- Diocese of TibúTibú
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].