Metropolitan see Florencia, Colombia
Archdiocese of Florencia
Florentiae
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Florencia in the Caqueta department of Colombia. Established on 8 February 1951 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caqueta, it became a diocese on 9 December 1985 and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 13 July 2019. Its seat is Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Florencia.
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- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 222,800
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 15,441 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesFlorencia · CathedralView parish
- Corazón Inmaculado de MaríaFlorenciaView parish
- Cristo ReyFlorenciaView parish
- Divino NiñoEl DoncelloView parish
- El Buen PastorFlorenciaView parish
- El Divino NiñoFlorenciaView parish
- Espíritu SantoFlorenciaView parish
- Jesús de la MisericordiaFlorenciaView parish
- Jesús de NazarethFlorenciaView parish
- La Inmaculada ConcepciónSan Antonio de Getuchá (Milán)View parish
- La Sagrada FamiliaFlorenciaView parish
- María AuxiliadoraFlorenciaView parish
- María AuxiliadoraMoreliaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de AranzazuSan José del FraguaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeFlorenciaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la ConsolataFlorenciaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la ConsolataAlbaniaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la PazPuerto RicoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la ValvaneraLa MontañitaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las LajasYurayaco (San José del Fragua)View parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesEl PaujilView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Buen ConsejoSolitaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenFlorenciaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCurilloView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenMilánView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroLa MontañitaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioFlorenciaView parish
- Nuestra Señora Madre de la IglesiaFlorenciaView parish
- Parroquia San JoséPuerto RicoView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaEl DoncelloView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Omar de Jesus Mejia Giraldo
- Born
- 21 January 1966
- Birthplace
- El Santuario
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The cathedral
Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora de Lourdes), Florencia stands in Florencia, 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.
History
Seated in the city of Florencia in Caquetá, Colombia, this archdiocese bears the Latin name Florentiae. On Saturday, April 27, 2013, Pope Francis named Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo as its sixth ordinary and fourth bishop. A priest of the Diocese of Sonsón - Rionegro, Colombia, he had until that appointment served as rector of the national major seminary "Christ the Priest" in La Ceja, Colombia.