Suffragan diocese Ocaña, Colombia
Diocese of Ocaña
Ocanien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese seated at Ocana in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia, covering parts of Norte de Santander and Cesar, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona. It was erected on 26 October 1962 from territory of the Diocese of Santa Marta. Its seat is St. Anne's Cathedral in Ocana.
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 352,137
- Priests
- 99
- Territory
- 18,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Orlando Olave Villanoba
- Born
- 28 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Barrancabermeja
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The cathedral
St. Anne's Cathedral (Catedral de Santa Ana), Ocana stands in Ocaña, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Seated in the city of Ocaña within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona, this diocese (Latin: Ocaniensis) was erected by Pope John XXIII on 26 October 1962, taking in territory from the departments of Norte de Santander and Cesar. Across its 18,000 km2 it embraces 18 towns along with two townships in the municipality of La Esperanza, whose head belongs to the Nueva Pamplona.