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Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá

Diocese of Facatativá
Dioecesis Facatativensis
Escudo de la Diócesis de Facatativá.svg
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Bogotá
Statistics
Area 2,311 km2 (892 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
546,000
512,000 (93.8%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 16 March 1962 (54 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez
Map
Mapa Diocesis de Facatativa.svg
Website
Diócesis de Facatativá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá (Latin: Facatativensis) is a diocese located in the northwest of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia. Its see is the city of Facatativá; the diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.

The diocesan territory includes the municipalities of Albán, Bojacá, El Rosal, Facatativá, Funza, Guayabal de Síquima, La Vega, Madrid, Mosquera, Nimaima, Nocaima, Quebradanegra, San Francisco de Sales, Sasaima, Subachoque, Supatá, Tabio, Tenjo, Tobía, Útica, Vergara, Villeta y Zipacón in Cundinamarca.

The diocese is bordered by the Diocese of Zipaquirá to the north, the Dioceses of Engativá and Fontibón to the east, the Diocese of Girardot to the southwest, and the Diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas to the northwest.


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