Suffragan diocese Vélez, Colombia
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.
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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.
- Parroquia Santo Cristo del PeñónEl PeñónView parish
- Parroquia Santo Ecce Homo de ChipatáChipatáView parish
- Santuario Diocesano Santo Cristo de GuavatáGuavatáView parish
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.