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Episcopal Conference of Colombia

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Episcopal Conference of Colombia
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The Episcopal Conference of Colombia is an administrative institution and permanence of the Catholic Church, composed of all the bishops of the dioceses of Colombia in a college, in communion with the Roman Pontiff and under his authority to exercise set of certain pastoral functions of the episcopate on the faithful of their territory under the rule of law and statutes, in order to promote the life of the Church, to strengthen its mission of evangelization and respond more effectively to the greater good that the Church should seek to men.

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The Catholic Church is organised into 13 archdioceses, 52 suffragan dioceses, 10 apostolic vicariates and one military ordinariate. The archdiocese and dioceses are:

The apostolic vicariates are Guapi, Inírida, Leticia, Mitú, Puerto Carreño, Puerto Gaitán, Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, San Andrés y Providencia, Tierradentro and Trinidad. By their nature, they are direct subject to the Holy See.

Finally, there is the Military Ordinariate of Colombia.

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