Diocese of Vélez

Velezan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Velez is a Latin rite diocese in Santander department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga. It was erected on 14 May 2003 from the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de las Nieves in Velez.

On the map

The address the register holds for Catedral Nuestra Senora de las Nieves, in Vélez, Colombia.

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Established: 2003
Catholics: 126,134
Priests: 40
Territory: 4,958 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Jose Camilo Arbelaez Montoya
Born: 18 June 1961
Birthplace: Bogotá

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The cathedral

Catedral Nuestra Senora de las Nieves stands in Vélez, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Vélez, a city within Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Velezana.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 14 May 2003
Latin: Velezan(us)
Annuario code: 001000080

The see in figures

Catholics: 126,134
Population: 200,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 63.1%
Priests: 40
Catholics per priest: 3,153
Extent: 4,958 km²
Catholics per km²: 25

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Bucaramanga

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of BucaramangaBucaramanga
Diocese of BarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja
Diocese of Málaga–SoatáMálaga–Soatá
Diocese of Socorro y San GilSocorro y San Gil

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of ChiquinquiráChiquinquirá47 km
Archdiocese of TunjaTunja62 km
Diocese of Duitama–SogamosoDuitama74 km
Diocese of Socorro y San GilSocorro y San Gil85 km
Diocese of GaragoaGaragoa108 km
Diocese of ZipaquiráZipaquirá109 km
Diocese of BarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja119 km
Diocese of La Dorada–GuaduasLa Dorada–Guaduas126 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].