Suffragan diocese Soacha, Colombia
Diocese of Soacha
Soachaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2003
- Catholics
- 1,390,000
- Priests
- 86
- Territory
- 425 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Juan DiegoTown not recordedView parish
- San Juan EudesSoachaView parish
- San Juan NepomucenoTown not recordedView parish
- San Juan Pablo IIBosaMass times recorded
- San Luis María Grignion de MontfortSoachaView parish
- San Matías ApóstolBogotáView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSoachaView parish
- San Simón StockBogotáView parish
- Santa María de CanáBosaView parish
- Santa María de la AsunciónTown not recordedView parish
- Santa María de NazaretSoachaView parish
- Santa Teresa de CalcutaSoachaView parish
- Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsBosaView parish
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánTown not recordedView parish
- Señor de la Buena EsperanzaBogotáView parish
- Señor de la Divina MisericordiaTown not recordedView parish
- Señor de los MilagrosBosaView parish
- Virgen de la SaludBosaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto
- Born
- 26 December 1968
- Birthplace
- El Guamo
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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.
History
The city of Soacha is the seat of this Colombian diocese (Latin: Soachaënsis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá.