Diocese of Yopal Dioecesis Yopalensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Ecclesiastical province | Tunja |
Statistics | |
Area | 17,725 km2 (6,844 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 328,937 242,000 (73.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 29 October 1999 (25 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral San José |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero |
Map | |
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.
Its cathedra is in the Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the episcopal see of Yopal, Casanare Department.