Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas, Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: La Dorada–Guaduas / Aureaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manizales

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1984.03.29: Established as Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas / Aureaten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales, Diocese of Barrancabermeja and Diocese of Facatativá and became suffragan of Manizales)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Hency Martínez Vargas (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of La Dorada–Guaduas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hency Martínez Vargas (66)
(2019.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

Quodcumque dixerit vobis facite

Born:	1958.02.24 (Málaga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.21

Priest of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia) (1985.06.10 – 2019.01.13)

Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia) (2019.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez (82)
(1999.06.05 – 2019.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia)

Born:	1942.09.21 (El Santuario, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1966.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.02

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1966.11.19 – 1995.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Voncariana (1995.10.28 – 1999.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1995.10.28 – 1999.06.05)

Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia) (1999.06.05 – 2019.01.13)

Bishop Fabio Betancur Tirado (later Archbishop)
(1984.03.29 – 1996.10.15)

Born:	1938.10.30 (Armenia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.03
Died:	2011.11.20 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Sereddeli (1982.05.24 – 1984.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1982.05.24 – 1984.03.29)

Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia) (1984.03.29 – 1996.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1996.10.15 – 2010.10.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Dorada, Caldas
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral de San Miguel Arcángel, Guaduas, Cundinamarca
Minor Basilica: Basílica de San Antonio de Padua, Manzanares, Caldas

Churches by City (52)

Líbano–Honda (↙), Manizales (←), Sonsón–Rionegro (↖), Barrancabermeja (↑), Chiquinquirá (→), Zipaquirá (↘), Facatativá (↘), Girardot (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,040 km²

Population: 354,000 Catholics (86.6% of 409,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 110 priests (108 diocesan, 2 religious), 42 religious (5 brothers, 37 sisters), 34 seminarians