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system of

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church government in

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comprises thirteen

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s each headed by an

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. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 52

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s and 13 archdioceses each headed by a

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or an archbishop.

List of Dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla

* Archdiocese of Barranquilla ** Diocese of El Banco ** Diocese of Riohacha ** Diocese of Santa Marta ** Diocese of Valledupar

Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá

Archdiocese of Bogotá In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Engativá **

Diocese of Facatativá In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Fontibón ** Diocese of Girardot ** Diocese of Soacha ** Diocese of Zipaquirá

Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga

* Archdiocese of Bucaramanga ** Diocese of Barrancabermeja ** Diocese of Málaga-Soatá ** Diocese of Socorro y San Gil ** Diocese of Vélez

Ecclesiastical province of Cali

* Archdiocese of Cali ** Diocese of Buenaventura ** Diocese of Buga ** Diocese of Cartago **

Diocese of Palmira In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena

* Archdiocese of Cartagena ** Diocese of Magangué ** Diocese of Montelibano ** Diocese of Monteria ** Diocese of Sincelejo

Ecclesiastical province of Florencia

* Archdiocese of Florencia ** Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy ** Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán

Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué

* Archdiocese of Ibagué ** Diocese of Espinal ** Diocese of Garzón ** Diocese of Líbano–Honda ** Diocese of Neiva

Ecclesiastical province of Manizales

* Archdiocese of Manizales ** Diocese of Armenia ** Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas ** Diocese of Pereira

Ecclesiastical province of Medellín

* Archdiocese of Medellín ** Diocese of Caldas ** Diocese of Girardota ** Diocese of Jericó **

Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

Ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona

* Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona ** Diocese of Arauca ** Diocese of Cúcuta ** Diocese of Ocaña ** Diocese of Tibú

Ecclesiastical province of Popayán

Archdiocese of Popayán In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Ipiales ** Diocese of Pasto ** Diocese of Tumaco

Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia

* Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia **

Diocese of Apartadó In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Ismina-Tadó ** Diocese of Quibdó ** Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

Ecclesiastical province of Tunja

* Archdiocese of Tunja ** Diocese of Chiquinquirá ** Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso ** Diocese of Garagoa ** Diocese of Yopal

Ecclesiastical province of Villavicencio

* Archdiocese of Villavicencio ** Diocese of Granada en Colombia ** Diocese of San José del Guaviare

Apostolic Vicariates

Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi The Vicariate Apostolic of Guapi () in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Guapi, Cauca in Colombia. History On 5 April 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of Guapi from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tumaco, Prefectu ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida * Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia *

Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú () is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province) and depends on the missionary Roman Cong ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreño *

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán The Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán () in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Puerto Gaitán in Colombia. The church has actively engaged with international accusations of child molestation, receiving public acclaim for its bold s ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano () is a Latin missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in southern Colombia. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. I ...

Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia The Vicariate Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia () in the Catholic Church is located in the town of San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia in Colombia. History On 20 June 1912 Pius X established the mission ''sui iuris'' of San Andrés y Pro ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro The Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro () in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Belalcázar in the municipality of Páez, Cauca, in Colombia. History On 13 May 1921 Pope Benedict XV established the Prefecture Apostolic of Tierradentro ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad The Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad () in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Trinidad, Casanare in Colombia. History On 29 October 1999 Blessed John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad from the suppressed Apostol ...

Military Ordinariate of Colombia The Military Bishopric of Colombia () is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Colombian Armed Forces and their families. History ...

Defunct Circumscriptions

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó The Diocese of Jericó () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín. History * 29 Jan ...

(first creation) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Tolima *

Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare The Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare () was a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate, located in the central eastern region of Colombia. The Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare was created in 1893 and was suppressed in 1999 when the Roman Catholic Dioces ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira The Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira was a Roman Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on the Guajira Peninsula The Guajira Peninsula (, also spelled ''Goajira'', mainly in colonial period texts, ) is a peninsula in northern Colombia a ...

Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

(now diocese) *

Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada The Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada () was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Vichada Department, Colombia. History * April 7, 1956: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada, on t ...

Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martín was the name of a Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic in the province of Saint Martin, in Colombia, South America, created on 24 March 1908, and entrusted to the Society of Mary. It took the place of tw ...

Gallery of Archdioceses

File:Barranquilla Catedral.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla is Catedral Metropolitana de María Reina. File:CatedralPrimadaBogota2004-7.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Bogotá is Catedral Primada Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Victor H Hernandez Cali Catedral.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Cali is Catedral de San Pedro. File:Catedral de Cartagena-Fachada.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Cartagena is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría. File:Catedral de Ibagué.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Ibagué is Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Monumento la catedral.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Manizales is Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. File:Catedral de Medellín, Fachada Principal.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Medellín is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Catedralpopayan.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Popayán is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. File:Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción de Santa Fe de Antioquia.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia is Catedral Basílica Metropolitana Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción. File:Catedral tunja.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tunja is Catedral Basílica de Santiago Apóstol.

References

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External links

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Catholic dioceses