Diocese of Riohacha
Riviascianen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Riohacha, Colombia
The Diocese of Riohacha is a Latin Church diocese in the Department of La Guajira, Colombia, raised from an apostolic vicariate (1952) to a full diocese in 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1988
- Latin
- Riviascianen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Remedies
- Annuario code
- 001002758
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Population
- 425,000
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 7,292
- Extent
- 19,037 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 28
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
- Bishop
- Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar
- Born
- 4 March 1958
- Birthplace
- Génova
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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 Nuestra Señora de los Remedios stands in Riohacha, 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 Barranquilla
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Barranquilla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BarranquillaBarranquilla
- Diocese of El BancoEl Banco
- Diocese of Santa MartaSanta Marta
- Diocese of ValleduparValledupar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
This Colombian diocese (Latin: Riviascianensis) has its seat in the city of Riohacha and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla.
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].