Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Barranquilla / Barranquillen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: El Banco, Riohacha, Santa Marta, Valledupar
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.11.14 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Barranquilla (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Barranquilla (Colombia)
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Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha | ||||||||||
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella
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Archbishop Félix María Torres Parra
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Archbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M.
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Bishops of Barranquilla (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francisco Gallego Pérez
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Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra
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Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B.
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Bishop Luis Calixto Leiva Charry
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Area: 3,386 km²
Population: 1,605,585 Catholics (61.9% of 2,594,300 total) (2020)
Statistics: 159 parishes, 4 missions, 216 priests (161 diocesan, 55 religious), 289 lay religious (73 brothers, 216 sisters), 30 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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