Suffragan diocese Fontibón, Colombia
Diocese of Fontibón
Fontibonen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 2003
- Catholics
- 1,167,000
- Priests
- 87
- Territory
- 80 km²
Parishes and churches
66 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santiago ApóstolKennedyView parish
- Santo CristoFontibónView parish
- Santo Tomás MoroKennedyView parish
- Santos Apóstoles Pedro y PabloKennedyView parish
- Santos Cirilo y MetodioKennedyView parish
- Santísimo SacramentoKennedyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Juan Vicente Córdoba Villota
- Born
- 23 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Quito
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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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.
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.