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Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
14,550 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 1,510,000 1,310,000 (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.

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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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