Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Yopal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal

Diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia


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.

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Cathedral of St. Joseph

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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