Diocese of Barrancabermeja Dioecesis Barrancabermeiensis | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Bucaramanga |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 540,000 320,000 (59.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 2 April 1928 (96 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral del Sagrado Corazón |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ismael Rueda Sierra |
Bishops emeritus | Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano, S.D.B. |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja (Latin: Barrancabermeiensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the city of Barrancabermeja in Santander State, Colombia.