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Suffragan diocese Yopal, Colombia

Diocese of Yopal

Yopalen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Yopal is a Latin Church diocese in Casanare, Colombia, erected on October 29, 1999, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tunja. The see has been vacant since July 19, 2024, administered by Fr. Jeison Andrey Salguero Roa as diocesan administrator.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral San José, in Yopal, Colombia.

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Established
1999
Catholics
294,200
Priests
58
Territory
17,725 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop of Yopal
Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias
Born
17 April 1970
Birthplace
Clénaga-Boyacá

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The cathedral

Catedral San José stands in Yopal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Colombia, the Diocese of Yopal (Latin: Yopalensis) serves the Catholic Church as a Latin Church territory. Its bishop's cathedra stands in the Catedral San José, a church dedicated to Saint Joseph in the see city of Yopal, Casanare Department, and the diocese belongs as a suffragan to the ecclesiastical province headed by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.

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