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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Riohacha | |||
4 December 1952 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Goajira (suppressed) (Commissaria de la Guajira and Riohacha and Barrancas) | Vicariate Apostolic of Riohacha (erected) |
Diocese of Riohacha | |||
16 July 1988 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Riohacha | Diocese of Riohacha |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Riohacha | ||||||||||||
1966 | 75,000 | 80,000 | 93.8% | 1 | 16 | 17 | 4,411 | 5 | 52 | 8 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 80,000 | 90,000 | 88.9% | 17 | 17 | 4,705 | 20 | 59 | ap1971 | |||
1976 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 85.0% | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4,722 | 17 | 59 | 7 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 130,000 | 159,500 | 81.5% | 2 | 16 | 18 | 7,222 | 16 | 67 | 9 | ap1981 | |
Diocese of Riohacha | ||||||||||||
1990 | 163,000 | 201,000 | 81.1% | 23 | 7 | 30 | 5,433 | 8 | 62 | 10 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 300,000 | 380,000 | 78.9% | 30 | 6 | 36 | 8,333 | 11 | 73 | 22 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 224,000 | 250,000 | 89.6% | 30 | 5 | 35 | 6,400 | 8 | 80 | 22 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 224,000 | 250,000 | 89.6% | 31 | 5 | 36 | 6,222 | 8 | 80 | 22 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 300,000 | 380,000 | 78.9% | 29 | 6 | 35 | 8,571 | 9 | 88 | 21 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 310,000 | 385,000 | 80.5% | 27 | 7 | 34 | 9,117 | 8 | 92 | 22 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 320,000 | 390,000 | 82.1% | 26 | 5 | 31 | 10,322 | 6 | 93 | 22 | ap2005 | |
2010 | 353,000 | 425,000 | 83.1% | 34 | 4 | 38 | 9,289 | 5 | 59 | 23 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 414,700 | 479,000 | 86.6% | 48 | 6 | 54 | 7,679 | 6 | 58 | 37 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 429,000 | 494,000 | 86.8% | 38 | 17 | 55 | 7,800 | 17 | 63 | 37 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 508,800 | 636,200 | 80.0% | 62 | 9 | 71 | 7,166 | 9 | 57 | 38 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 525,000 | 657,000 | 79.9% | 62 | 10 | 72 | 7,291 | 15 | 31 | 38 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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