Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | |||
11 September 1562 | Erected | Diocese of Santa Marta | Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada (erected) |
Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | |||
22 March 1564 | Elevated | Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada |
16 February 1778 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Diocese of Mérida (erected) |
31 August 1804 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Popayán Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Diocese of Antioquía (erected) |
25 September 1835 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Diocese of Nueva Pamplona (erected) |
29 July 1880 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Diocese of Tunja (erected) |
1894 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Popayán
Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Diocese of Tolima (erected) |
Archdiocese of Bogotá | |||
8 June 1898 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
23 June 1903 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Territorial Prelature of Intendencias Orientales (erected) |
1 September 1951 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Zipaquirá (erected) |
29 May 1956 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Girardot (erected) |
16 March 1962 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Facatativá (erected) |
6 August 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Engativá (erected)
Diocese of Fontibón (erected) Diocese of Soacha (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Bogotá | ||||||||||||
1950 | 1,799,000 | 1,810,000 | 99.4% | 191 | 390 | 581 | 3,096 | 450 | 2,100 | 173 | ap1951 | |
1959 | 1,132,389 | 1,152,389 | 98.3% | 195 | 480 | 675 | 1,677 | 1,060 | 2,884 | 118 | ap1960 | |
1965 | 1,950,000 | 2,000,000 | 97.5% | 263 | 559 | 822 | 2,372 | 700 | 3,115 | 133 | ap1967 | |
1968 | 2,000,000 | 2,122,112 | 94.2% | 245 | 400 | 645 | 3,100 | 400 | 4,515 | 160 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 3,115,252 | 3,211,609 | 97.0% | 356 | 660 | 1,016 | 3,066 | 1,388 | 3,527 | 182 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 3,838,000 | 3,957,000 | 97.0% | 289 | 696 | 985 | 3,896 | 1,292 | 3,602 | 186 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 4,556,000 | 5,063,000 | 90.0% | 349 | 811 | 1,160 | 3,927 | 1,673 | 3,700 | 249 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 6,000,000 | 6,850,000 | 87.6% | 492 | 960 | 1,452 | 4,132 | 1,929 | 4,975 | 302 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 6,093,416 | 7,114,568 | 85.6% | 481 | 949 | 1,430 | 4,261 | 1,697 | 4,855 | 323 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 6,067,029 | 7,084,341 | 85.6% | 435 | 924 | 1,359 | 4,464 | 20 | 2,009 | 4,503 | 337 | ap2002 |
2002 | 6,544,026 | 7,651,088 | 85.5% | 499 | 925 | 1,424 | 4,595 | 38 | 1,834 | 3,247 | 340 | ap2003 |
2003 | 3,546,186 | 4,140,000 | 85.7% | 382 | 869 | 1,251 | 2,834 | 42 | 1,802 | 3,060 | 227 | ap2004 |
2004 | 3,279,690 | 3,850,518 | 85.2% | 413 | 808 | 1,221 | 2,686 | 37 | 1,270 | 2,138 | 227 | ap2005 |
2006 | 3,586,000 | 4,184,000 | 85.7% | 394 | 297 | 691 | 5,189 | 53 | 997 | 2,604 | 231 | ap2007 |
2012 | 3,880,000 | 4,527,000 | 85.7% | 503 | 393 | 896 | 4,330 | 96 | 986 | 1,574 | 244 | ap2013 |
2015 | 3,791,872 | 4,399,944 | 86.2% | 314 | 427 | 741 | 5,117 | 130 | 1,023 | 1,452 | 275 | ap2016 |
2018 | 4,032,500 | 4,679,165 | 86.2% | 409 | 545 | 954 | 4,226 | 157 | 1,090 | 1,584 | 293 | ap2019 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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