Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá (Latin: Facatativensis) is a diocese located in the northwest of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia. Its see is the city of Facatativá; the diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.

Diocese of Facatativá

Dioecesis Facatativensis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceBogotá
Statistics
Area2,311 km2 (892 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2013)
546,000
512,000 (93.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established16 March 1962 (58 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Miguel Gómez Rodríguez
Bishops emeritusLuis Gabriel Romero Franco
Map
Website
Diócesis de Facatativá
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Virgin of the Rosary

The diocesan territory includes the municipalities of Albán, Bojacá, El Rosal, Facatativá, Funza, Guayabal de Síquima, La Vega, Madrid, Mosquera, Nimaima, Nocaima, Quebradanegra, San Francisco de Sales, Sasaima, Subachoque, Supatá, Tabio, Tenjo, Tobía, Útica, Vergara, Villeta and Zipacón in Cundinamarca.[2]

The diocese is bordered by the Diocese of Zipaquirá to the north, the Dioceses of Engativá and Fontibón to the east, the Diocese of Girardot to the southwest, and the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas to the northwest.[2]

History

The Diocese of Facatativá was erected on 16 March 1962 from territory of the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Zipaquirá. Raúl Zambrano Camader was appointed the first bishop of the diocese.

In 1971, the Bishops of Zipaquirá and Facatativá agreed to transfer the parishes of La Peña, Topaipí and San Antonio de Aguilera (a rural parish of Topaipí) back to the Diocese of Zipaquirá.[3] On 29 March 1984, the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas was erected, including territory ceded from the Diocese of Facatativá and two others.[4]

Seminary

Seminarians from the Diocese of Facatativá attend the Major Seminary of Bogotá.

Bishops

Ordinaries
  • Raul Zambrano Camader (26 April 1962 – 18 December 1972)
  • Hernando Velásquez Lotero (27 April 1973 – 18 May 1985)
  • Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (15 April 1986 – 13 November 2010)
  • Luis Antonio Nova Rocha (22 January 2011 – 9 April 2013)
  • José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (23 Feb 2015 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources
  1. "Diocese of Facatativá". GCatholic.
  2. "Mapa de la Diócesis de Facatativá" (in Spanish). Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  3. Monseñor Manuel José Rodríguez Possos (1981). "Historia de la Diócesis de Facatativá" (pdf) (in Spanish).
  4. "Diocese of Facatativá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 22 May 2015.


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