The Archdiocese of Bogotá is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It was established in 1562 as the Diocese of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada, elevated to an archdiocese two years later, and was given its current name in 1891. It serves nearly 3.8 million Catholics in Bogotá and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, and covers a total area of 4,109 km2. The current metropolitan archbishop is Luis José Rueda Aparicio since 2020.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.
Aníbal Muñoz Duque was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá is a diocese located in the city of Zipaquirá in the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.
The Archdiocese of Cali is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Cali.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena is an archdiocese located in the city of Cartagena in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales is an archdiocese located in the city of Manizales in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona is an archdiocese located in the city of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ocaña is a diocese located in the city of Ocaña in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.
Héctor Rueda Hernández was a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Monsignor Isaías Duarte Cancino was a Colombian Catholic priest, who from 1995 until the day of his death was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cali.
The Episcopal Conference of Colombia is an administrative institution and permanence of the Catholic Church, composed of all the bishops of the dioceses of Colombia in a college, in communion with the Roman Pontiff and under his authority to exercise set of certain pastoral functions of the episcopate on the faithful of their territory under the rule of law and statutes, in order to promote the life of the Church, to strengthen its mission of evangelization and respond more effectively to the greater good that the Church should seek to men.
The Theological Seminary of Bogotá, commonly known as the Major Seminary of Bogotá is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bogotá, Colombia, and serving both the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Facatativá. With history dating back to 1581, it is the oldest seminary in the Americas, and today is the largest and most prominent seminaries in Colombia, with dozens of alumni having been appointed bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. In addition to religious leaders, two Colombian presidents have been associated with the seminary. José Manuel Marroquín, the 27th President of Colombia, studied there in the 1840s, and Miguel Abadía Méndez, who was president in the 1920s, taught Latin at the seminary in the early 20th century.
Mosé Higuera was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of two dioceses, first for the Archdiocese of Bogotá from 1876 to 1884, and next for the Archdiocese of Medellín from 1884 until his death.
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