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Diocese of Santa Marta

Dioecesis Sanctae Marthae



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 January 1534
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Barranquilla
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 11,333 (4,377 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesisdesantamarta.org
  • Mailing Address: Curia Episcopal, Carrera 4 N. 16-42, Santa Marta [Magdalena], Colombia
  • Telephone: (54)421.2643; 423.7671

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 January 1534ErectedDiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Santa Marta (erected)
11 September 1562Territory LostDiocese of Santa Marta Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada (erected)
17 January 1905Territory LostDiocese of Santa Marta Vicariate Apostolic of Goajira (erected)
2 April 1928Territory LostDiocese of Nueva Pamplona
Diocese of Santa Marta
Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena (erected)
1 August 1951Territory LostDiocese of Nueva Pamplona (Northern part of the territory to the east)
Diocese of Santa Marta (Norte Santander)
Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (erected)
26 October 1962Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Barrancabermeja (Tamalameque, La Gloria, and Gamarra and portions of Aguachica and Rio de Oro)
Diocese of Santa Marta (Ocaña, La Playa, Ábrego, Bucarasica, Villa Caro, and González and portions of EI Carmen, Convención, Teorama, San Calixto, Hacarí, Rio de Oro, Aguachica, and Sardinata)
Diocese of Ocaña (erected)
25 April 1969Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Santa Marta (from Cartagena)
17 January 2006Territory LostDiocese of Santa Marta (Immaculate Conception (Plato); Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (El Banco); Our Lady of Santa Ana; Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Guamal); San Sebastián de Tenerife; San Sebastian; San Zenón; Santa Catalina de Alejandría (Chibolo), and Santo Cristo (Ariguani))
Diocese of Valledupar (Inmaculada Concepción en Chimichagua and San Martín en Astrea)
Diocese of El Banco (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950400,000405,00098.8%5326795,0633013336ap1951
1965495,000500,00099.0%4515608,2501514529ap1967
1968600,000611,00098.2%45145910,1691813433ap1971
1976634,000695,00091.2%36134912,9381715836ap1977
1980653,000667,00097.9%3974614,1951316039ap1981
19901,000,0001,138,00087.9%43115418,5181812044ap1991
19991,096,9521,218,83690.0%65107514,62611512945ap2000
20001,096,9521,218,83690.0%71148512,90511913448ap2001
20011,096,6521,218,83690.0%75159012,1852013751ap2002
20021,096,9521,218,83690.0%76149012,18812213350ap2003
20031,096,9521,218,83690.0%79149311,7951914055ap2004
2004922,2001,108,49683.2%77139010,24611611151ap2005
2010680,000780,00087.2%7210828,2921127050ap2011
2014737,100833,60088.4%6713809,2131176553ap2015
2017776,858855,00090.9%7311849,2481115753ap2018
2020809,000925,00087.5%68128010,1121144158ap2021
2022855,000950,00090.0%6577211,875193355ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 236
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 258
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 278
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 154
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 697, and Page 698

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