Christianity in Colombia
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The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) does not collect religious statistics, and accurate reports are difficult to obtain. However, based on various studies and a survey, about 90% of the population adheres to Christianity, the majority of which (70.9%) are Roman Catholic, while a significant minority (16.7%) adhere to Protestantism (primarily Evangelicalism).[1][2][3]
Roman Catholic archdioceses and other dioceses (in brackets)[]
- Barranquilla: (El Banco, Riohacha, Santa Marta, Valledupar)
- Bogotá: (Engativá, Facatativá, Fontibón, Girardot, Soacha, Zipaquirá)
- Bucaramanga: (Barrancabermeja, Málaga-Soatá, Socorro y San Gil, Vélez)
- Cali: (Buenaventura, Buga, Cartago, Palmira)
- Cartagena: (Magangué, Montelibano, Montería, Sincelejo)
- Ibagué: (Espinal, Florencia, Garzón, Líbano-Honda, Neiva)
- Manizales: (Armenia, La Dorada-Guaduas, Pereira)
- Medellín: (Caldas, Girardota, Jericó, Sonsón-Rionegro)
- Nueva Pamplona: (Arauca, Cúcuta, Ocaña, Tibú)
- Popayán: (Ipiales, Mocoa-Sibundoy, Pasto, Tumaco)
- Santa Fe de Antioquia: (Apartadó, Istmina-Tadó, Quibdó, Santa Rosa de Osos)
- Tunja: (Chiquinquirá, Duitama-Sogamoso, Garagoa, Yopal)
- Villavicencio: (Granada en Colombia, San José del Guaviare)
Other Churches[]
The Episcopal Diocese of Colombia is a part of Province 9 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia claims 209,985 members in Colombia.
Notes[]
- ^ Beltrán Cely, William Mauricio. "Del monopolio católico a la explosión pentecostal'" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Centro de Estudios Sociales (CES), Maestría en Sociología. ISBN 978-958-761-465-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ Beltrán Cely, William Mauricio. "Descripción cuantitativa de la pluralización religiosa en Colombia" (PDF). Universitas humanística 73 (2012): 201–238. – bdigital.unal.edu.co. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ "Religion in Latin America, Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region". pewforum.org. Pew Research Center. November 13, 2014.
Sources[]
See also[]
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
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