Archdiocese of Manizales
Manizalen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Manizales, Colombia
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Manizales in the Caldas department of Colombia. It was erected as the Diocese of Manizales on 11 April 1900 from the Diocese of Medellin and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 10 May 1954. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manizales.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1900
- Latin
- Manizalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002144
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 731,000
- Population
- 750,000
- Catholic share
- 97.5%
- Priests
- 264
- Catholics per priest
- 2,769
- Extent
- 3,848 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 190
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
- Archbishop
- Jose Miguel Gomez Rodriguez
- Born
- 24 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Bogotá
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
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Manizales stands in Manizales, 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 Manizales
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ArmeniaArmenia
- Diocese of La Dorada–GuaduasLa Dorada–Guaduas
- Diocese of PereiraPereira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].