Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Antioquia, Diocese of

ANTIOQUIA, DIOCESI DI

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ANTIOQUIA, Diocese of. - The department of A., which is the most populous in the republic of Colombia, comprises the mountainous region that faces the Gulf of Darien.

The diocese, which is a suffragan of Medellín, the capital of the department, has a territorial extent of 2,100 sq. km., with a population of 184,821 inhabitants, almost all Catholics. It is divided into 21 parishes, which are served by 45 priests of the secular clergy.

It was erected by Pius VII on 31 Aug. 1804; on 5 Feb. 1917 it was united with the diocese of Jericó, from which it was separated on 3 July 1941.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Anuario de la Iglesia Católica en Colombia, Bogotá 1938.

Pietro Gomez

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1480.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Antioquia, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1480. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/antioquia-diocesi-di.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Antioquia, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1480. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/antioquia-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Gomez, Pietro},
  title     = {Antioquia, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1480},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/antioquia-diocesi-di}
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