The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km². The diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The Archdiocese of Morelia is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western central Mexico. It was erected on 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacán.
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.
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 the Latin an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in part of 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.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile is one of the five Latin metropolitan sees of the Catholic Church in Chile.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala is a diocese located in the city of Machala in the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador. Established on July 26, 1954, as the Territorial Prelature of El Oro from territory of the Dioceses of Guayaquil and Cuenca, it was elevated as the Diocese of Machala on January 31, 1969.
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 Ibagué is an archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardota is a diocese located in the city of Girardota in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.
The Diocese of Jericó is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín.
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 Diocese of Pasto is a diocese located in the city of Pasto in the ecclesiastical province of Popayán in Colombia.
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.
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