List of cathedrals in Colombia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

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Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia

Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Colombia has a high percentage of Catholics, 90% of the population. There are 74 dioceses and other territorial jurisdictions.Catholicism was introduced in 1508. Two dioceses were organized in 1534. There was appreciable Church growth by the mid-17th century, in spite of the variety of Indian...

Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Apartadó
Apartadó
Apartadó is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, ColombiaIs located near the atlantic ocean in the Gulf of Urabá, the economy is based in Bananas and Plantain....
Cathedral of St. Barbara in Arauca
Arauca, Arauca
Arauca is a municipality and capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia. Its full name is Villa de Santa Bárbara de Arauca, it is located at N 07° 05′ 25″ - W 70° 45′ 42″. The Municipality of Arauca has a total population of 82,149 ....
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Armenia
Armenia, Colombia
Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is...
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Barrancabermeja
Barrancabermeja
Barrancabermeja is a city and municipality in Santander Department, in northeastern Colombia. It is located on the banks of the Magdalena River in the Middle Magdalena region, 110 km west of Bucaramanga. Founded in 1536, Barrancabermeja is home of the biggest petroleum refinery in Colombia,...
Metropolitan Cathedral of Queen Mary in Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...
Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
Cathedral of the Holy Family in Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...
Cathedral of St. Bonaventure in Buenaventura
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Buga
Buga, Valle del Cauca
Buga formally Guadalajara de Buga is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called El Señor de los Milagros .-History:Guadalajara de Buga is one of the oldest cities in...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercies in Caldas
Caldas, Antioquia
Caldas is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Caldas is part of the Metropolitan Area of Medellín. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caldas.- Notable Caldenses :*Luis Fernando Montoya professional soccer coach...
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Santiago de Cali
Santiago de Cali
Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because...
Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Cartagena de Indias
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Cartago
Cartago, Valle del Cauca
Cartago is a city in southwestern Colombia, about 187 miles west of Bogotá. It is in the extreme northern portion of the Valle del Cauca Department. It is located very close to the city of Pereira, about a 20 minute drive. It is the fourth largest city in Valle after Cali, Palmira, and Tuluá...
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570m above sea level and has a yearly average temperature 58°F....
Cathedral of St. Joseph in Cúcuta
Cúcuta
Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Duitama
Co-Cathedral of St. Martin in Sogamoso
Sogamoso
Sogamoso is a city in the Boyacá department of Colombia.The origin of Sogamoso goes back in the cosmogony, Chibcha, to the creation of the Sun. In the valley of Iraca the Sun was born...
Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria in El Banco
El Banco
El Banco is a Colombian Municipality and town located in the southern most part of the Department of Magdalena by the Magdalena River.-External links:...
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Engativá
Engativá
Engativá, which translates to Chieftain of Inga, was a municipality of Cundinamarca, but became a locality of Bogotá, Colombia when Bogotá was made "Special District" .-Geographical location:...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Rosary in Espinal
Espinal
Espinal is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 63,859 as of the 1993 census.The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Espinal....
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Facatativá
Facatativá
Facatativá is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, located about 28 miles northwest of Bogotá, Colombia and 2,586 meters above sea level...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Florencia
Florencia, Caquetá
Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history....
Cathedral of St. James the Apostle in Fontibón
Fontibon
Fontibon is a former municipality located at the westernmost side of Bogotá, Colombia.-History:Founded on May 10, 1954; Fontibon was the gate to the current Bogotá City also known as Santa Fe de Bogotá, to the conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada and his fellow expeditioners.The origin of the...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Garagoa
Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Garzón
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Girardot
Girardot, Cundinamarca
Girardot is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is home to a number of recreational and vacational spots, mainly visited by people from Bogotá, as it is located at less than three hours drive from the city but enjoys a tropical climate .Girardot is the second...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Girardota
Girardota
Girardota is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Girardota is part of the Metropolitan Area of Medellín....
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Granada
Granada, Meta
Granada is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.The municipality area is 350 km² and number of inhabitants 50 837. The municipality is located between 3° 26" latitude north and 73° 43" longitude west and between 372 og 410 above sea level. The daily mean air temperature...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Guapi
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ibagué
Ibagué
Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Inírida
Cathedral of St. Peter Martyr in Ipiales
Cathedral of St. Paul the Apostle in Istmina
Istmina
Istmina is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The town of Istmina was founded in 1834 by Juan Nepomuceno Mosquera, initially with the name of San Pablo. The name was changed in 1903 to Istmina, a contaction of isthmus and minas , two characteristics of the area. The...
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Tadó
Tadó
Tadó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia....
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Jericó
Jericó
Jericó is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó....
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in La Dorada
Co-Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Guaduas
Guaduas
Guaduas is a city in Colombia, in the province of Lower Magdalena department of Cundinamarca.-Geographical Context:At about 117 km from Bogotá. It is an agricultural and tourist center of some importance. It has about 33,000 inhabitants...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Leticia
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Líbano
Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria in Magangue
Magangue
Magangué Magangué is a municipality in the Department of Bolivar in Colombia, located on the banks of the Magdalena River in the North Coast. It is the capital of the southern Department, and is the second most important town....
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Málaga
Málaga, Santander
Málaga is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia....
Co-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Soatá
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary in Manizales
Manizales
Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....
Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
Cathedral of St. Alphonsus de Ligouri in Sibundoy
Sibundoy
Sibundoy is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia.This town existed well before the Spanish came in 1534. The Incan under Huayna Cápac conquered the local people in 1492 and established a Quechua-speaking settlement. The descendants of these people are the...
Co-Cathedral of St. Michael in Mocoa
Mocoa
Mocoa is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.-External links:...
Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Montelíbano
Montelíbano
Montelíbano is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Montelíbano....
Cathedral of St. Jerome in Montería
Montería
Montería is a municipality and city located in Northern Colombia and is the capital of the Department of Córdoba. The city is located away from the Caribbean, by the Sinú River. The city and region are famous for their distinct cultural heritages, which include a blend of indigenous Zenú Indians,...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Neiva
Neiva
Neiva is the Capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 378,857 inhabitants...
Cathedral of St. Clare in Pamplona
Pamplona, Colombia
Pamplona is a municipality and city in Norte de Santander, Colombia.-Colonization:Nueva Pamplona del Valle del Espíritu Santo, the name by which Don Pedro de Ursúa and Don Ortún Velasco de Velázquez paid tribute to the capital of the province of Navarre in Spain, was founded on 1 November 1549...
Military Cathedral of Jesus Christ Redeemer in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
Cathedral of St. Ann in Ocaña
Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario del Palmar in Palmira
Catedral de San Ezequiel Moreno Díaz in San Juan de Pasto
Pasto
Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the department of Nariño, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Atriz Valley", on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 8,290 feet above sea level...
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza in Pereira
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Popayán
Popayán
Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between Colombia's Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Puerto Carreño
Puerto Carreño
Puerto Carreño is the departmental capital, and a municipality, of the department of Vichada in the llanos of Colombia.-History:In 1913 the Colombian government created the province of Vichada and it was decided that its capital should be at the convergence of the Orinoco and Meta rivers where...
Cathedral of Mary Mother of the Church in Puerto Gaitan
Puerto Gaitán
Puerto Gaitán is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia....
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Quibdó
Quibdó
Quibdó is the capital city of Chocó Department, in western Colombia. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of 3,337.5 km² and a population of 100,000 mainly consisting of Afro Colombians and Zambo Colombians. Quibdo serves a a receptor for those persons affected by the Colombian armed...
Catedral Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Riohacha
Riohacha
Riohacha, Rio Hacha or Rio de la Hacha , is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean sea, capital city of the La Guajira Department. Founded by conquistador Nikolaus Federmann in 1535, Riohacha was named...
Cathedral of the Holy Family in San Andrés
Cathedral of St. Joseph in San José del Guaviare
San José del Guaviare
San José del Guaviare is a town and municipality in Colombia, capital of the department of Guaviare by the Guaviare River.-External links: *...
Catedral Basílica Metropolitana in Santa Fe de Antioquia
Cathedral-Basilica of St. Martha in Santa Marta
Santa Marta
Santa Marta is the capital city of the Colombian department of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it the oldest remaining city in Colombia...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Santa Rosa de Osos
Santa Rosa de Osos
Santa Rosa de Osos is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia. Colombian poet Porfirio Barba-Jacob was born in this town.-External links:* http://dsro.org...
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Sincelejo
Sincelejo
Sincelejo is the capital and the largest city in the Colombian department of Sucre. It is also the main city in the denominated Región Sabanas , a subdivision of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, and the 23rd biggest city by population in Colombia...
Catedral de Jesucristo Nuestra Paz in Soacha
Soacha
Soacha is the city of Colombia on the southern edge of Bogotá, the country's capital. It has an important industrial zone and is home to mostly working class families.-Demographics:...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Help in Socorro
Socorro, Santander
Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in 1681 by Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia...
Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross in San Gil
San Gil
San Gil is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.-Monuments:*Statue of Antonia Santos, one of the great figures of the Colombian Independence Struggle. This sculpture by Colombian artist Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo is located in the main park in San Gil.-External...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá in Sonsón
Sonsón
Sonsón is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Sonsón is located in Eastern Antioquia. It is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro. Sonsón celebrates "Las Fiestas Del Maíz"-...
Co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas
Concatedral de San Nicolás el Magno
The Catedral San Nicolás el Magno is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral, located in the municipality of Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. The church, under the Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and was elevated to the title of cathedral on 20 April of 1968 by Pope Paul I.- History...

in Rionegro
Cathedral of St. Louis Betran in Tibú
Tibú
Tibú is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander.-History:The area of present day Tibú was established as a camp basement by oil companies who first arrived in the area in 1945. On March 8, 1945 the Council of Cúcuta approved the creation of the corregimiento...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Trinidad
Trinidad, Casanare
Trinidad is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia.-External links:...
Cathedral of St. Andrew in Tumaco
Tumaco
Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern of Colombia, near to border with Ecuador, and enjoys of hot tropical climate...
Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Tunja
Tunja
Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Valledupar
Valledupar
Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department and was founded in 1550 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Santana. Its name, Valle de Upar , was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; Cacique Upar...
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows in Vélez
Vélez, Santander
Vélez is a town and municipality of the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia....
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Villavicencio
Villavicencio
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river...
Cathedral of St. Joseph in Yopal
Yopal
Yopal is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia.- Geographic information :*Population: 84 293 inhabitants*Elevation: 350 m*Extensión: 2,771 km²*Distance from Bogotá: 387 km*Median temperature: 26 °C-External links:...
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Tausa and Cogua to the north; Nemocón, Gachancipá and Sopó to the east; Cajicá and Tabio to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho to the west. Its seat of municipal government is 49...

Anglican

Cathedrals of the Province 9 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Province 9 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Province 9 is one of nine ecclesiastical provinces making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It comprises seven dioceses in Latin America and the Caribbean.-Dioceses of Province IX:*Colombia *Dominican Republic...

San Pablo Cathedral in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

Roman Catholic

Anglican

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