Catholic ChurchinRepublic of Colombia (Colombia) |
Also known as: Kolumbien (Deutsch), la Colombie (français), Colombia (español, Italiano), Kolumbia (polski), Colômbia (Português), 哥倫比亞 (正體中文), コロンビア (日本語), Columbia (latine)
Roman Rite (77): Apartadó, Arauca, Armenia, Barrancabermeja, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Buenaventura, Buga, Caldas, Cali, Cartagena, Cartago, Chiquinquirá, Cúcuta, Duitama–Sogamoso, El Banco, Engativá, Espinal, Facatativá, Florencia, Fontibón, Garagoa, Garzón, Girardot, Girardota, Granada, Guapi, Ibagué, Inírida, Ipiales, Istmina–Tadó, Jericó, La Dorada–Guaduas, Leticia, Líbano–Honda, Magangué, Málaga–Soatá, Manizales, Medellín, Mitú, Mocoa–Sibundoy, Montelíbano, Montería, Neiva, Nueva Pamplona, Obispado Castrense de Colombia, Ocaña, Palmira, Pasto, Pereira, Popayán, Puerto Carreño, Puerto Gaitán, Puerto Leguízamo–Solano, Quibdó, Riohacha, San Andrés y Providencia, San José del Guaviare, San Vicente del Caguán, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Santa Marta, Santa Rosa de Osos, Sincelejo, Soacha, Socorro y San Gil, Sonsón–Rionegro, Tibú, Tierradentro, Trinidad, Tumaco, Tunja, Valledupar, Vélez, Villavicencio, Yopal, Zipaquirá
Maronite Church (1): Colombia
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Apostolic Nunciature: Colombia
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.)
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá (July 9)
Saints: 4 Saints, 14 Blesseds
Continent: South America
Capital: Santa Fe de Bogotá
Area: 1,038,700 km²
Population: 47,698,524
Former Name: New Granada
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Ecuador , ↖ Panama , → Venezuela , ↘ Brazil , ↓ Peru
Religions: Roman Catholic 79%, Protestant 14% (includes Pentecostal 6%, mainline Protestant 2%, other 6%), other 2%, unspecified 5%
Languages: Spanish (official)
Ethnic Groups: mestizo and white 84.2%, Afro-Colombian (includes mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 10.4%, Amerindian 3.4%, Romani <.01, unspecified 2.1%
Motto: Libertad y orden (Spanish) (Freedom and order)
Area: 1,138,914 km²
Catholic Population: 47,781,000 Catholics (93.6% of 51,049,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 4,560 parishes, 294 mission stations (53 with resident priest, 241 without resident priest), 1,523 other centres
Clergy: 121 bishops (61 diocesan, 60 titular), 9,895 priests (7,650 diocesan, 2,245 religious), 803 permanent deacons (795 diocesan, 8 religious)
Non-Clergy: 12,724 religious (764 brothers, 11,960 sisters), 308 members of secular institutes (9 brothers, 299 sisters), 3,021 major seminarians, 66,914 missionaries, 48,898 catechists
Last updated on 2024.11.22
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