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Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal

Diocese of Yopal

Dioecesis Yopalensis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceTunja
Statistics
Area17,725 km2 (6,844 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
328,937
242,000 (73.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established29 October 1999 (25 years ago)
CathedralCatedral San José
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEdgar Aristizábal Quintero
Map
Cathedral of St. Joseph

The Diocese of Yopal (Latin: Yopalensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.

Its cathedra is in the Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the episcopal see of Yopal, Casanare Department.

History

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 294,200 Catholics (96.5% of 305,000 total) on 17,725 km2 in 31 parishes and 19 missions with 48 priests (41 diocesan, 7 religious), 11 deacons, 23 lay religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Yopal

See also

References


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