Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
Neo-Pampilonen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Pamplona in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia. It was erected as a diocese on 25 September 1835 by Pope Gregory XVI from the Archdiocese of Santafe en Nueva Granada and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 29 May 1956. Its seat is the Cathedral of Santa Clara in Pamplona.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 September 1835
- Latin
- Neo-Pampilonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002426
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 211,300
- Population
- 221,000
- Catholic share
- 95.6%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 2,577
- Extent
- 6,571 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 32
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
- Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto
- Born
- 29 July 1956
- Birthplace
- El Carmen de Viboral
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 Santa Clara, Pamplona stands in Nueva Pamplona, 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 Nueva Pamplona
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraucaArauca
- Diocese of CúcutaCúcuta
- Diocese of OcañaOcaña
- Diocese of TibúTibú
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nueva Pamplona, in Colombia, is the seat of this archdiocese, which carries the Latin name Neo-Pampilonensis.
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].