Diocese of Jericó
| Diocese of Jericó | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Medellín |
| Diocesan bishop | Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago CSsR |
| founding | 1941 |
| surface | 3,000 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 268,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 262,951 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 98.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 76 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,460 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 106 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes |
| Website | http://www.jerico.diocesis.ws/index.php |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó ( Latin Dioecesis Iericoënsis , Spanish diócesis de Jericó ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Jericó .
history
A first diocese of Jericó was established on January 29, 1915 from parts of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín . The then bishop of Antioquía, Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, acted as apostolic administrator of the diocese until it was united with the diocese of Antioquía to form the diocese of Antioquía-Jericó on February 5, 1917 .
Today's Diocese of Jericó was created on July 4, 1941 as a result of the division of the Diocese of Antioquía-Jericó and was again subordinated to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín as a suffragan .
Apostolic Administrator of Jericó
- Maximiliano Crespo Rivera , 1915–1917 Apostolic Administrator ,
1910–1917 Bishop of Antioquía , 1917–1923 Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos , 1923–1940 Archbishop of Popayán
Bishops of Jericó
- Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón , 1942–1960
- Augusto Trujillo Arango , 1960–1970, then Archbishop of Tunja
- Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros , 1970–1977, then Bishop of Garagoa
- Augusto Aristizábal Ospina , 1977-2003
- José Roberto López Londoño , 2003–2013
- Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago CSsR , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Jericó on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Diocese of Jericó in Giga-Catholic (English)
- Obispos de la Diócesis de Jericó (overview and illustrations of the bishops, Spanish)