Suffragan diocese El Banco, Colombia
Diocese of El Banco
Bancoën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 334,000
- Priests
- 25
- Territory
- 11,855 km²
Parishes and churches
20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaEl Banco · CathedralView parish
- Centro de Evangelización San JoséChimichaguaView parish
- Parroquia El CarmenTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada ConcepciónEl BancoView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada ConcepciónChimichaguaMass times recorded
- Parroquia Inmaculada ConcepciónPlatoView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada ConcepciónSan ZenónView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenGuamalMass times recorded
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenPijiñoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenPueblitoMass times recorded
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora Santa AnaTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Parroquia San Francisco de AsísPlatoView parish
- Parroquia San MartínTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia San SebastiánSan SebastiánMass times recorded
- Parroquia San Sebastián de TenerifeTenerifeMass times recorded
- Parroquia Santa BárbaraTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia Santa Catalina de AlejandríaTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia Santa Rosa de LimaNueva GranadaMass times recorded
- Parroquia Santo CristoEl DifícilView parish
- Parroquia Santo CristoSan ÁngelView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Dimas Antonio Acuna Jimenez
- Born
- 25 January 1972
- Birthplace
- Usiacurí
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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.