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Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas

Dioecesis Aureatensis-Guaduensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 March 1984
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Manizales
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 8,040 (3,105 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Carrera 3 N. 15-35, La Dorada [Caldas], Colombia
  • Telephone: (6)857.30.26
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 March 1984ErectedDiocese of Barrancabermeja
Diocese of Facatativá (Chaguaní, Guaduas, La Palma, Caparrapí, Yacopí, and Puerto Salgar)
Archdiocese of Manizales
Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas (erected) (Puerto Boyacá, Puerto Triunfo, La Dorada, Samaná, Victoria, Marquetalia, Pennsylvania, and Manzanares along with Corregimiento de Montebonito and Inspection de Policía de San Miguel)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990372,000382,00097.4%435487,750159333ap1991
1999290,000340,00085.3%532555,27227239ap2000
2000290,000340,00085.3%552575,08726038ap2001
2001290,000340,00085.3%57575,0876041ap2002
2002290,000340,00085.3%62624,6776041ap2003
2003290,000340,00085.3%61614,7545542ap2004
2004294,000345,00085.2%66664,4545542ap2005
2013333,000389,00085.6%84843,96434240ap2014
2016344,870402,51885.7%86864,01033343ap2017
2019341,600395,40086.4%10421063,22263847ap2020
2021345,570400,00086.4%11321153,00453043ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 76, Page 697, and Page 699

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