Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas
Aureaten(sis)-Guaduen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Dorada–Guaduas, Colombia
The Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas is a Latin Church diocese spanning Caldas and Cundinamarca, Colombia, erected in 1984. Its cathedral is in La Dorada with a co-cathedral in Guaduas, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manizales.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 March 1984
- Latin
- Aureaten(sis)-Guaduen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001930
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 294,000
- Population
- 294,000
- Catholic share
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 110
- Catholics per priest
- 2,673
- Extent
- 8,040 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Hency Martínez Vargas
- Born
- 24 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Málaga
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
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen stands in La Dorada–Guaduas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral de San Miguel Arcángel.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Manizales
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manizales.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ManizalesManizales
- Diocese of ArmeniaArmenia
- Diocese of PereiraPereira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of La Dorada and Guaduas jointly anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Aureatensis-Guaduensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Manizales.
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].