Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Archdiocese of Cartagena

Archidioecesis Carthaginensis in Columbia



Show: All | General Information | Historical Details | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)


Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 20 June 1900
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 8,200 (3,167 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Casa Arzobispal, Carrera del Arzobispado 5 N. 34-55, Cartagena, Colombia
  • Telephone: (5)651.71.60

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Cartagena
24 April 1534ErectedDiocese of Panamá Diocese of Cartagena (erected)
22 March 1564Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cartagena (to Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Diocese of Popayán (from Lima to Santafé en Nueva Granada)
31 August 1804Territory LostDiocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Popayán
Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Diocese of Antioquía (erected)
Archdiocese of Cartagena
20 June 1900ElevatedDiocese of Cartagena Archdiocese of Cartagena
20 June 1912Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena Mission "Sui Iuris" of San Andrés y Providencia (erected)
12 June 1924Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena (San Benito (Punta de Blanco and Santiago), Caimito (Los Cayos and Mamón), San Marcos (La Flores, Cuenca, M Pital, Candelaria, M Limón, and El Tablón), and part of Ayapel (Cecilia, Cintura, and Vré)) Prefecture Apostolic of Sinú (erected)
7 July 1932Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena (Atlántico) Diocese of Barranquilla (erected)
3 November 1954Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena (Brazo de Loba and Simití, San Martín de Loba, Olaya Herrera, Bodega Central, along with parts of: Santa Rosa Sudán, la Rufina, Los Caños de Colorado, and Tiquicio Nuevo except Mompos island) Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge
20 November 1954Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena
Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge
Diocese of Montería (erected) (Departamento de Córdoba except San Jorge)
25 April 1969Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena (Sincelejo, Colosó (Ricaurte), Corozal, Morroa, Ovejas, Palmito, Sampués, San Onofre, San Pedro, Sincé, and Tulú)
Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge (suppressed) (Caimito, Majagual, S. Benito Abad, San Marcos, Sucre, and Tolú-viejo)
Diocese of Sincelejo (erected)
25 April 1969Territory LostArchdiocese of Cartagena (Maganguè, Córdoba, Margarita, Mompós, Pinillos, San Fernando, and Zambrano)
Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge (suppressed) (Achí, Barranco de Loba, Morales, San Martín de Loba, Simití, and San Pablo)
Diocese of Magangué (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Cartagena
1950804,000805,00099.9%35437810,3076838274ap1951
1959590,000593,00099.5%4626728,1944239354ap1960
1964814,703815,17899.9%4121725841,3951721,048398ap1967
1970530,000550,00096.4%3535707,5714930640ap1971
1976660,000680,00097.1%5835937,09634833980ap1977
1980780,000832,00093.8%6336997,87834637682ap1981
1990950,0001,150,00082.6%5542979,79325830874ap1991
19991,249,0001,400,00089.2%77491269,91226326194ap2000
20001,350,0001,505,00089.7%745212610,71426226194ap2001
20011,051,0001,167,00090.1%83441278,275254261100ap2002
20021,066,0001,185,00090.0%82461288,328256261108ap2003
20031,176,0001,196,00098.3%77531309,046259246103ap2004
20041,076,5001,210,00089.0%81541357,974279243103ap2005
20061,076,0001,228,00087.6%77581357,970291258102ap2007
20131,201,0001,342,00089.5%95441398,640170193107ap2014
20161,242,9501,388,58489.5%102501528,177162173103ap2017
20191,175,4071,465,13080.2%103431468,050252160106ap2020
20211,210,7551,510,26080.2%103401438,466250154108ap2022
20231,198,5901,545,86577.5%103421458,266248134108ap2024

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Cartagena
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 154
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 141, to Page 142

============

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
Code: web_d, v3.4.9, 15 Sep 2024; Data: 21 Sep 2024