Diocese of Soacha
Soachaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Soacha, Colombia
The Diocese of Soacha is a Latin rite diocese covering the populous city of Soacha and surrounding areas of Cundinamarca, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bogota. It was erected on 6 August 2003 from the Archdiocese of Bogota. Its seat is the Catedral de Jesucristo Nuestra Paz in Soacha.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 2003
- Latin
- Soachaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003077
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,390,000
- Population
- 900,000
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 16,163
- Extent
- 425 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,271
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
- Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto
- Born
- 26 December 1968
- Birthplace
- El Guamo
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 Jesucristo Nuestra Paz stands in Soacha, 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 Bogota
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bogota.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ZipaquiráZipaquirá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Soacha is the seat of this Colombian diocese (Latin: Soachaënsis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.
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].