Diocese of Valledupar
Valleduparen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valledupar, Colombia
The Diocese of Valledupar is a Latin rite diocese covering Cesar department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla. Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Valledupar on 4 December 1952 from the suppressed Vicariate of Goajira, it was elevated to a diocese on 25 April 1969. Its seat is the Cathedral of Santo Ecce Homo in Valledupar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 December 1952
- Latin
- Valleduparen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000070
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 990,000
- Population
- 736,000
- Priests
- 96
- Catholics per priest
- 10,313
- Extent
- 28,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Oscar Jose Velez Isaza, C.M.F.
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
Cathedral of Santo Ecce Homo stands in Valledupar, 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 RiohachaRiohacha
- Diocese of Santa MartaSanta Marta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Cesar Department, Colombia, this diocese (Latin: Valleduparensis) has its cathedral in the city of Valledupar and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla. It has drawn notice for its efforts to improve hospital care in the region.
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].