Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Bucaramanga / Bucaramanguen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Barrancabermeja, Málaga–Soatá, Socorro y San Gil, Vélez
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.02.13 – ...): | Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra (74) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bucaramanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra (74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)
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Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero
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Archbishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández
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Bishops of Bucaramanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Héctor Rueda Hernández (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque (later Cardinal) Jesus Christus et hodie ipse et in sæcula
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Area: 5,397 km²
Population: 1,184,640 Catholics (96.1% of 1,232,231 total)
Pastoral Centres: 111 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 274 priests (176 diocesan, 98 religious), 58 deacons, 641 religious (112 brothers, 529 sisters), 45 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.11.26
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