Roman Catholic Diocese of Facatativá

Diocese of Facatativá

Dioecesis Facatativensis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceBogotá
Statistics
Area2,311 km2 (892 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2013)
  • 546,000
  • 512,000 (93.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established16 March 1962 (63 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Santísima Virgen del Rosario
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopPedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla
Bishops emeritusLuis Gabriel Romero Franco
Map
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 and 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.