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Diocese of Cúcuta

Dioecesis Cucutensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 May 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 2,200 (849 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesisdecucuta.com/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Episcopal, Avenida 1a, N. 27-131, Barrio San Rafael, Cucuta, Colombia
  • Telephone: (57)572.73.93; 589.37.94
  • Fax: 589.37.94

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 May 1956ErectedDiocese of Nueva Pamplona (Villa Rosario, San Cayetano, Santiago, Gramalote, Lourdes, Sardinata, Zulia, and Carmen de Nazaret) Diocese of Cúcuta (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966251,000253,00099.2%3238703,5853626622ap1967
1970297,000300,00099.0%3341744,0137127326ap1971
1976395,964400,01599.0%3230626,3864523732ap1977
1980428,550453,00094.6%3232646,6965026035ap1981
1990545,000620,00087.9%56451015,39685011747ap1991
1999675,000750,00090.0%76311076,30894223372ap2000
2000675,000750,00090.0%77321096,19294025090ap2001
2001678,000750,00090.4%85381235,51294722176ap2002
2002675,000750,00090.0%86391255,40084720878ap2003
2003682,000760,00089.7%91341255,45684222778ap2004
2004708,000790,00089.6%93361295,48874223078ap2005
2006722,000803,00089.9%100271275,68573523785ap2007
2013801,000878,00091.2%123321555,16783917494ap2014
2016842,442926,91890.9%134311655,105638118102ap2017
2019871,000958,28090.9%130291595,477634131101ap2020
2021900,6401,059,58085.0%136271635,525531143108ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 696, to Page 698

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