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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Medellín

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+57 4 5315252

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
7,300 km²

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 565,000 550,000 (97.3%)

Established
  
18 March 1957 (60 years ago)

Co-cathedral
  
Concatedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro

Address
  
Cl. 51 #47-31, Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia

Cathedral
  
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, Sonsón

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro (Latin: Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri) is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the Ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

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History

  • 18 March 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
  • 20 April 1968: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja

    • Ordinaries

  • Bishops of Sonsón
  • Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (18 Mar 1957 - 13 Jul 1960) Appointed, Bishop of Cali
  • Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (12 Feb 1961 - 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
  • Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro
  • Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (6 Apr 1968 - 16 Feb 1993) Retired
  • Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 - 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué
  • Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 - 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
  • Fidel León Cadavid Marin (2 Feb 2011–present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro Wikipedia
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