Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Cali, Diocese of

CALI, DIOCESI DI

By Pietro Gómez

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CALI, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Colombia, department of Valle del Cauca, suffragan of Popayán.

Erected by Pius X on 7 June 1910, it has a territorial extent of 19,789 sq km and a population of 713,100, of whom 698,966 are Catholics, with 152 churches, 50 parishes with 78 diocesan priests and 100 regulars (Augustinians, Franciscans, Jesuits, Lazarists, Redemptorists, Salesians and Marist Brothers). This according to the data of 1948. Among the religious monuments, the churches of S. Pedro and S. Francisco, with the magnificent convent attached, are worthy of note.

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BIBL.: Anon., Anuario de la Iglesia Católica en Colombia, 1938; Anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Amer., X, pp. 751-52.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 374.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Cali, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 374. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cali-diocesi-di.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Cali, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 374. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cali-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_cali_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Gomez, Pietro},
  title     = {Cali, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {374},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cali-diocesi-di}
}

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