Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja

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Diocese of Barrancabermeja

Dioecesis Barrancabermeiensis
Escudo de la Diocesis de Barrancabermeja.svg
Location
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Bucaramanga
Statistics
Area15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
540,000
320,000 (59.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established2 April 1928 (96 years ago)
CathedralCatedral del Sagrado Corazón
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez
Metropolitan Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra
Bishops emeritus Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano, S.D.B.
Map
Mapa Diocesis de Barrancabermeja.svg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja (Latin : Barrancabermeiensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the city of Barrancabermeja in Santander State, Colombia.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 430,000 Catholics (71.9% of 598,000 total) on 15,000 km², in 34 parishes and 8 missions, with 71 priests (57 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 44 lay religious (15 brothers, 29 sisters) and 22 seminarians.

History

Bishops

(all Latin Rite)

Ordinaries

Territorial Prelates of Río Magdalena
Apostolic Vicar of Barrancabermeja
Suffragan Bishops of Barrancabermeja

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

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