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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

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Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
3,000 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 230,000 228,000 (99.1%)

Established
  
3 July 1941 (75 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

Bishop
  
Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Iericoënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Jericó in the Ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

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History

  • 29 January 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
  • 5 February 1917: Suppressed to the Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó
  • 3 July 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó from the Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Jardín

    • Ordinaries

  • Maximiliano Crespo Rivera Apostolic Administrator while Bishop of Antioquía (1915 - 7 Feb 1917) Appointed, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
  • See united to the diocese of Antioquia (1917-1941)
  • Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón † (7 Feb 1942 - 31 Mar 1960) Resigned
  • Augusto Trujillo Arango † (31 Mar 1960 - 20 Feb 1970) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja
  • Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † (4 Jun 1970 - 26 Apr 1977) Appointed, Bishop of Garagoa
  • Augusto Aristizábal Ospina † (29 Oct 1977 - 7 Oct 2003) Resigned
  • José Roberto López Londoño (7 Oct 2003 - June 2013)
  • Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R. (10 August 2013–present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó Wikipedia
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