Diocese of Fontibón
Fontibonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fontibón, Colombia
The Diocese of Fontibón is a Latin Church diocese covering the Fontibón and Kennedy localities of Bogotá, Colombia, erected in 2003 from the Archdiocese of Bogotá. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 2003
- Latin
- Fontibonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001426
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,167,000
- Population
- 1,350,000
- Catholic share
- 86.4%
- Priests
- 87
- Catholics per priest
- 13,414
- Extent
- 80 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14,588
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
- Juan Vicente Córdoba Villota
- Born
- 23 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Quito
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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
St. James the Apostle Cathedral, Fontibón stands in Fontibón, 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 Bogotá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bogotá.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BogotáBogotá
- Diocese of EngativáEngativá
- Diocese of FacatativáFacatativá
- Diocese of GirardotGirardot
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Fontibón gives its name to this Colombian diocese (Latin: Fontibonensis), which is seated in that city and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.
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].