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.
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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.
- San JoséPoreView parish
- San JoséGuatequeView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelYopalView parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoLa CapillaView parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoMonterreyView parish
- Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsYopalView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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