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Metropolitan see Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona

Neo-Pampilonen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Santa Clara, Pamplona, in Nueva Pamplona, Colombia.

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Established
1835
Catholics
211,300
Priests
82
Territory
6,571 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto
Born
29 July 1956
Birthplace
El Carmen de Viboral

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The cathedral

Catedral de Santa Clara, Pamplona stands in Nueva Pamplona, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Nueva Pamplona, in Colombia, is the seat of this archdiocese, which carries the Latin name Neo-Pampilonensis.