Diocese of Málaga–Soatá
Malagen(sis)-Soaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Málaga–Soatá, Colombia
The Diocese of Málaga-Soatá is a Latin Church diocese spanning Santander and Boyacá, Colombia, erected in 1987. Its cathedral is in Málaga with a co-cathedral in Soatá, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1987
- Latin
- Malagen(sis)-Soaten(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculada Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001002116
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 161,133
- Population
- 171,110
- Catholic share
- 94.2%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 2,066
- Extent
- 7,466 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Félix María Ramírez Barajas
- Born
- 7 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Carcasí
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 de la Inmaculada Concepción stands in Málaga–Soatá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bucaramanga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BucaramangaBucaramanga
- Diocese of BarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja
- Diocese of Socorro y San GilSocorro y San Gil
- Diocese of VélezVélez
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two cities, Málaga and Soatá, share this Colombian diocese (Latin: Malagensis-Soatensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Calle 13 N. 9-11, Málaga, Santander, Colombia
- Telephone
- 313.8312.891
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].