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 (Cogua, Nemocòn, San Cayetano, Suesca, Villapinzón, Chaguani, Guachetù, Cunubà, Caparrapi, Utica, La Paz de Calamoimaf Puerto Salgar, Manta, Tibirita, Supatà, Paime, Villagòmez, Fùquene, Simijaca, El Peñón, Yacopì, San Antonio de Aguilera, El Carmen de...) | Diocese of Zipaquirá (erected) |
| 19 January 1953 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Bogotá (Latin name drops "in Colombia") | |
| 29 May 1956 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá (Girardot, Pandi, San Bernardo, Albeláez, Ospina, Cabrera, part of Sumapaz, Pasca, Fusagasugá, El Triunfo, La Mesa, Rafael Reyes, Viotá, Silvania, Cumaca with the town of Tibacuy, Anapoima, El Colegio, Tocaima, Tena, San Antonio, Cachipay, Anolaima, ...) | Diocese of Girardot (erected) |
| 16 March 1962 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá (Funza, Mosquera, Madrid, Bojacá, Zipacón, Tenjo, Facatativá,
Alban, Guayabal de Síquima, Tabio, Subachoque, El Rosal, San Francisco, La Vega, Sasaima, Villeta, and Quebradanegra)
Diocese of Zipaquirá (Cha-guaní, Guaduas, La Paz de Calamoina, Supata, Vergara, Nocaima, Nimaima, La Peña, Utica, Topaipí, San Antonio de Aguilera, La Palma, Caparrapí, Yacopí, and Puerto Salgar) | Diocese of Facatativá (erected) |
| 6 August 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Engativá (erected) |
| 6 August 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | Diocese of Fontibón (erected) |
| 6 August 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Bogotá | 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 |
| 2020 | 4,171,000 | 4,841,330 | 86.2% | 421 | 600 | 1,021 | 4,085 | 166 | 1,196 | 1,351 | 297 | ap2021 |
| 2022 | 4,142,000 | 4,806,000 | 86.2% | 469 | 635 | 1,104 | 3,751 | 172 | 1,219 | 1,367 | 297 | ap2023 |
| 2023 | 4,183,000 | 4,854,000 | 86.2% | 413 | 635 | 1,048 | 3,991 | 180 | 1,214 | 1,367 | 297 | ap2024 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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