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Suffragan diocese Vélez, Colombia

Diocese of Vélez

Velezan(us)

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

Esri
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.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

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