Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Manizales, Diocese of

MANIZALES, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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MANIZALES, DIOCESE of - Facade of the cathedral of M.

MANIZALES, Diocese of. - Diocese and capital city of the department of Caldas in Colombia. It has an area of 10,432 sq km with a population of 950,000 inhabitants, of whom 949,000 are Catholics. It has

64 parishes served by 167 diocesan priests and 60 regulars; it has a seminary, 18 male religious communities and 84 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 263).

The city of M. is situated at 2,130 m on the Cordillera Central; it was founded by the Antioquians; it suffered serious damage in the earthquake of 1925. It is an agricultural and mining center. The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII on 11 April 1900; it is a suffragan of Medellín.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Enc. Eur. Am., XXXII, pp. 918-19.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), coll. 1971–1972.

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Josi, Enrico. “Manizales, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1971–1972. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/manizales-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Manizales, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1971–1972. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/manizales-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec7_manizales_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Manizales, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1971--1972},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/manizales-diocesi-di}
}

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