Bishop of Bogotá

Archdiocese of Bogotá Archidioecesis Bogotensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bogotá
Statistics
Area	4,019 km2 (1,552 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 4,184,000 3,586,000 (85.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 September 1562 (455 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Patron saint	St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Rubén Salazar Gómez
Auxiliary Bishops	Luis Manuel Alí Herrera Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla
Emeritus Bishops	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz
Map
Map of the archdiocese within Colombia
Website
www.arquibogota.org.co

The Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Bogotá; Latin: Archidioecesis Bogotensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia. It was established in 1562 as the Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada, elevated to an archdiocese two years later, and was given its current name in 1891. It serves nearly 3.8 million Catholics in Bogotá and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, and covers a total area of 4,109 km² (1,552 square miles). The current archbishop is Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez since 2010.

The archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bogotá, which includes six suffragan dioceses. The archdiocese's territory covers 14 of the 20 localities (administrative districts) of the city of Bogotá and 11 municipalities in the Cundinamarca Department. Prior to 2003, when three new urban dioceses were created, the archdiocese included all of Bogotá. The mother church of the archdiocese, and the seat of the archbishop, is the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, located in Bolívar Square in Bogotá. Besides Archbishop Salazar Gómez, the archdiocese has two auxiliary bishops, Luis Manuel Alí Herrera and Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla. The archdiocese is served by around 800 priests, 100 deacons, and nearly 1,500 religious sisters.

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