Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá
Latin Catholic territory in Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Bogotá; Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bogotensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Colombia.[1][2] 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 (1,552 square miles). The current metropolitan archbishop is Luis José Rueda Aparicio since 2020.
Archdiocese of Bogotá Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bogotensis | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Ecclesiastical province | Bogotá |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,019 km2 (1,552 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 4,184,000 3,586,000 (85.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 September 1562 (461 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | St. Elizabeth of Hungary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Luis José Rueda Aparicio |
Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Manuel Alí Herrera Germán Medina Acosta Alejandro Díaz García |
Bishops emeritus | Rubén Salazar Gómez |
Map | |
Map of the archdiocese within Colombia | |
Website | |
www.arquibogota.org.co |
The archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bogotá, which includes six suffragan dioceses:
The archdiocese's territory covers 14 of the 20 localities (administrative districts) of the city of Bogotá and 11 municipalities in the Cundinamarca Department. Prior to 2003, when three new urban dioceses were created, the archdiocese included all of Bogotá. The mother church of the archdiocese, and the seat of the archbishop, is the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, located in Bolívar Square in Bogotá. Besides the archbishop, Luis José Rueda Aparicio, the archdiocese has two auxiliary bishops, Luis Manuel Alí Herrera and Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla. The archdiocese is served by around 800 priests, 100 deacons, and nearly 1,500 religious sisters.
The Archdiocese of Bogotá has 275 parishes, containing numerous churches. The archdiocese runs two seminaries, the Major Seminary of Bogotá, which enrolls seminarians from the Archdiocese of Bogotá and other dioceses, and the Seminario Intermisional San Luis Beltrán, which trains priests for ministry in Colombia's missionary territories. It also contains several universities, dozens of secondary schools and primary schools. The archdiocese also runs a spiritual retreat house, a care center for physically and mentally disabled children, and a migrant charity foundation, among other ministries.