Diocese of Girardota
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Medellín |
| Diocesan bishop | Guillermo Orozco Montoya |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 2,445 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 198,355 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 185,985 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 93.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,049 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | http://www.diogirardota.org.co/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardota ( lat. : Dioecesis Girardotanensis , span. : Diócesis de Girardota ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Girardota .
history
The diocese Girardota was established on June 18, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qui peculiari from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Medellín and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Cathedral in Girardota
Coat of arms of the Girardota diocese
Bishops of Girardota
- Oscar Angel Bernal , 1988–1996
- Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta , 1998–2005, then Bishop of Riohacha
- Óscar González Villa , 2006
- Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo , 2006–2009, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales
- Guillermo Orozco Montoya , since 2010