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Suffragan diocese Facatativá, Colombia

Diocese of Facatativá

Facatativen(sis)

The Diocese of Facatativá is a Latin Church diocese in the Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, erected in 1962 from territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Zipaquirá. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario, in Facatativá, Colombia.

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Established
1962
Catholics
512,000
Priests
94
Territory
2,311 km²

Parishes and churches

41 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
Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla
Born
4 June 1961
Birthplace
Bucaramanga

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The cathedral

Catedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario stands in Facatativá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Covering the northwestern part of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia, the Diocese of Facatativá (Latin: Facatativensis) has its see in the city of Facatativá and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.