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Suffragan diocese Sincelejo, Colombia

Diocese of Sincelejo

Sinceleien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Sincelejo is a Latin rite diocese covering Sucre department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cartagena. It was erected on 25 April 1969 from the Archdiocese of Cartagena and the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of San Jorge. Its seat is the St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Sincelejo.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, in Sincelejo, Colombia.

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Established
1969
Catholics
845,370
Priests
86
Territory
10,523 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jose Crispiano Clavijo Mendez

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The cathedral

St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral stands in Sincelejo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Sincelejo gives its name to this Colombian diocese (Latin: Sinceleiensis), seated in that city within the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena.

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