Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

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Rite Roman Rite Area 3,000 km²		Pope Francis Country Colombia

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)230,000228,000 (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.

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

Minor Basilicas:

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Jardín

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)

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