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Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (52)

Apostolic Exarchates (1)

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Roman Rite (77): Apartadó, Arauca, Armenia, Barrancabermeja, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Buenaventura, Buga, Caldas, Cali, Cartagena, Cartago, Chiquinquirá, Cúcuta, Duitama–Sogamoso, El Banco, Engativá, Espinal, Facatativá, Florencia, Fontibón, Garagoa, Garzón, Girardot, Girardota, Granada, Guapi, Ibagué, Inírida, Ipiales, Istmina–Tadó, Jericó, La Dorada–Guaduas, Leticia, Líbano–Honda, Magangué, Málaga–Soatá, Manizales, Medellín, Mitú, Mocoa–Sibundoy, Montelíbano, Montería, Neiva, Nueva Pamplona, Obispado Castrense de Colombia, Ocaña, Palmira, Pasto, Pereira, Popayán, Puerto Carreño, Puerto Gaitán, Puerto Leguízamo–Solano, Quibdó, Riohacha, San Andrés y Providencia, San José del Guaviare, San Vicente del Caguán, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Santa Marta, Santa Rosa de Osos, Sincelejo, Soacha, Socorro y San Gil, Sonsón–Rionegro, Tibú, Tierradentro, Trinidad, Tumaco, Tunja, Valledupar, Vélez, Villavicencio, Yopal, Zipaquirá

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Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82)

Luis José Rueda Aparicio (62)

Rubén Salazar Gómez (81)

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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá (July 9)

Saints: 4 Saints, 14 Blesseds

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Continent: South America

Capital: Santa Fe de Bogotá

Area: 1,038,700 km²

Population: 47,698,524

Former Name: New Granada

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Ecuador , ↖ Panama , → Venezuela , ↘ Brazil , ↓ Peru

Religions: Roman Catholic 79%, Protestant 14% (includes Pentecostal 6%, mainline Protestant 2%, other 6%), other 2%, unspecified 5%

Languages: Spanish (official)

Ethnic Groups: mestizo and white 84.2%, Afro-Colombian (includes mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 10.4%, Amerindian 3.4%, Romani <.01, unspecified 2.1%

Motto: Libertad y orden (Spanish) (Freedom and order)

Area: 1,138,914 km²

Catholic Population: 47,781,000 Catholics (93.6% of 51,049,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 4,560 parishes, 294 mission stations (53 with resident priest, 241 without resident priest), 1,523 other centres

Clergy: 121 bishops (61 diocesan, 60 titular), 9,895 priests (7,650 diocesan, 2,245 religious), 803 permanent deacons (795 diocesan, 8 religious)

Non-Clergy: 12,724 religious (764 brothers, 11,960 sisters), 308 members of secular institutes (9 brothers, 299 sisters), 3,021 major seminarians, 66,914 missionaries, 48,898 catechists