Suffragan diocese Engativá, Colombia

Diocese of Engativá

Engativen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Engativá is a Latin Church diocese covering part of the city of Bogotá, Colombia, erected on 6 August 2003 from the Archdiocese of Bogotá, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Germán Medina Acosta was appointed to lead it in June 2024.

On the map

The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Catedral de San Juan Bautista), Engativá, in Engativá, Colombia.

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Established: 2003
Catholics: 1,100,000
Priests: 187
Territory: 133 km²

Parishes and churches

64 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Germán Medina Acosta
Born: 25 February 1958
Birthplace: Bogotá

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Catedral de San Juan Bautista), Engativá stands in Engativá, 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 see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 6 August 2003
Latin: Engativen(sis)
Annuario code: 001001365

The see in figures

Catholics: 1,100,000
Population: 1,332,728
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 82.5%
Priests: 187
Catholics per priest: 5,882
Extent: 133 km²
Catholics per km²: 8,271

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Bogotá

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bogotá.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of FontibónFontibón5 km
Archdiocese of BogotáBogotá12 km
Diocese of SoachaSoacha16 km
Diocese of FacatativáFacatativá28 km
Diocese of ZipaquiráZipaquirá45 km
Archdiocese of VillavicencioVillavicencio82 km
Diocese of GirardotGirardot89 km
Diocese of GaragoaGaragoa92 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].