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Diocese of Girardot

Dioecesis Girardotensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 May 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bogotá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 4,800 (1,854 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesisdegirardot.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 19 N. 11-65, Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia
  • Telephone: (1)833.49.40
  • Fax: 830.9510

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 May 1956ErectedArchdiocese of Bogotá (Girardot, Pandi, San Bernardo, Albeláez, Ospina, Cabrera, part of Sumapaz, Pasca, Fusagasugá, El Triunfo, La Mesa, Rafael Reyes, Viotá, Silvania, Cumaca with the town of Tibacuy, Anapoima, El Colegio, Tocaima, Tena, San Antonio, Cachipay, Anolaima, ...) Diocese of Girardot (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966390,000400,00097.5%4626725,4164030042ap1967
1970450,000480,00093.8%4421656,9233131147ap1971
1976493,000540,00091.3%4121627,9512536044ap1977
1980499,000540,20092.4%4023637,9203832844ap1981
1990580,000600,00096.7%5616728,0553631748ap1991
1999470,000539,37487.1%88141024,6073234655ap2000
2000481,185551,18587.3%8712994,8603036155ap2001
2001490,000560,00087.5%91111024,8032936155ap2002
2002490,000560,00087.5%98101084,5372837755ap2003
2003480,000560,00085.7%99111104,3633138655ap2004
2004480,000580,00082.8%93201134,2474928755ap2005
2006485,000610,00079.5%91151064,5754933057ap2007
2013531,000667,00079.6%106231294,1164029060ap2014
2016712,104848,40983.9%115361514,71514330667ap2017
2019725,000905,80080.0%125301554,67747241969ap2020
2021756,000944,78080.0%124181425,32323345669ap2022

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 49, Page 49, to Page 82

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