Diocese of El Banco
Bancoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · El Banco, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese covering southern Magdalena department, Colombia, seated at El Banco and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla. It was erected on 17 January 2006 from territory of the Dioceses of Santa Marta and Valledupar. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of La Candelaria in El Banco.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 January 2006
- Latin
- Bancoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001352
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 334,000
- Population
- 389,641
- Catholic share
- 85.7%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 13,360
- Extent
- 11,855 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 28
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
- Dimas Antonio Acuna Jimenez
- Born
- 25 January 1972
- Birthplace
- Usiacurí
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 La Candelaria (Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria), El Banco stands in El Banco, 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 Barranquilla
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Barranquilla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BarranquillaBarranquilla
- Diocese of RiohachaRiohacha
- Diocese of Santa MartaSanta Marta
- Diocese of ValleduparValledupar
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].