Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería

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Rite Latin Rite Area 14,550 km²		Pope Francis Country Colombia

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,510,0001,310,000 (86.8%) Established 20 November 1954 (62 years ago) Cathedral Catedral de San Jerónimo Address # a 4-82,, Cl. 27 #42, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena in Colombia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería (Latin: Monteriesis) is a diocese located in the city of Montería in the Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia.

History

20 November 1954: Established as Diocese of Montería from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena and Apostolic Vicariate of San Jorge

Ordinaries

Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1956.11.04 – 1959.11.02) Appointed, Bishop of Ibagué

José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1959.12.30 – 1964.02.29) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón-Neiva

Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1964.03.23 – 1972.05.20)

Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. (1972.12.18 – 1976.10.11) Appointed, Archbishop of Popayán

Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira (1977.03.28 – 1983.09.23) Appointed, Archbishop of Cartagena

Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. (1984.03.23 – 2001.01.19) Appointed, Bishop of Neiva

Julio César Vidal Ortiz (2001.10.31 – 2011.07.16) Appointed, Bishop of Cúcuta

Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa, (2012.10.27 - present)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería Wikipedia

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