Diocese of Magangué
Maganguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Magangué, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Magangue in the Bolivar department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. It was erected on 25 April 1969 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria in Magangue.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1969
- Latin
- Maganguen(sis)
- Patron
- N-D de la Candelaria
- Annuario code
- 001002103
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 677,000
- Population
- 838,000
- Catholic share
- 80.8%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 11,672
- Extent
- 20,165 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Ariel Lascarro Tapia
- Born
- 3 November 1967
- Birthplace
- El Carmen de Bolívar
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 Senora de La Candelaria, Magangue stands in Magangué, 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 Cartagena
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cartagena.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Diocese of MontelíbanoMontelíbano
- Diocese of MonteríaMontería
- Diocese of SincelejoSincelejo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Magangué, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia, is the seat of this diocese, whose Latin name is Maganguensis.
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].