Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia
Sancti Andreae et Providentiae
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
The Apostolic Vicariate of San Andres y Providencia is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction covering Colombia's Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See. Erected as a mission sui iuris in 1912 and a prefecture apostolic in 1946, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 5 December 2000. Its seat is the Catedral de la Sagrada Familia in San Andres.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2000
- Latin
- Sancti Andreae et Providentiae
- Annuario code
- 001000451
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,400
- Population
- 96,000
- Catholic share
- 37.9%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 4,044
- Extent
- 52 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 700
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
- Vicar Apostolic
- Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias
- Born
- 17 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Clénaga-Boyacá
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 la Sagrada Familia stands in San Andrés y Providencia, 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.
History
The town of San Andrés, in San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, is home to this apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church, carried in Latin as Apostolicus Vicariatus Sancti Andreae et Providentiae.
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].