Archdiocese of Popayán
Popayanen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Popayán, Colombia
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Popayan in the Cauca department, one of the oldest sees in Colombia. It was erected as the Diocese of Popayan on 22 August 1546 from the Diocese of Panama and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 20 June 1900. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion in Popayan.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 August 1546
- Latin
- Popayanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002628
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,100,000
- Population
- 1,160,071
- Catholic share
- 94.8%
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 7,586
- Extent
- 17,087 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
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
- Omar Alberto Sanchez Cubillos, O.P.
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 Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, Popayan stands in Popayán, 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 Popayan
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of IpialesIpiales
- Diocese of TumacoTumaco
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].