Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

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Rite Latin Rite Area 24,037 km² Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto		Pope Francis Country Colombia

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)650,200630,000 (96.9%) Established 5 February 1917 (59 years ago) Cathedral Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá Cathedral Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos (Latin: Sanctae Rosae de Osos) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Rosa de Osos in the Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia in Colombia.

History

5 February 1917: Established as Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos from the Diocese of Antioquía

Minor Basilicas:

Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Santa Rosa de Osos

Basílica del Señor de los Milagros, San Pedro de los Milagros

Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy, Yarumal

Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † (7 Feb 1917 - 15 Nov 1923) Appointed, Archbishop of Popayán

Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez † (27 May 1924 - 29 Sep 1971) Died

Joaquín García Ordóñez † (29 Sep 1971 - 10 Jun 1995) Retired

Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (10 Jun 1995 - 13 Nov 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Barranquilla

Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (15 Jul 2011–present)

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