Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Jericó
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Colombia
The Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín.
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Diocese of Jericó Dioecesis Iericoënsis | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Medellín |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 230000 228000 (99.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 July 1941 (82 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R. |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.jerico.diocesis.ws | |
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- 29 January 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellin
- 5 February 1917: Suppressed, its territory and title being merged into the then Diocese of Antioquia-Jericó (now Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia)
- 3 July 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó, regaining its territory from the above Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó.
As of 2015[update], it pastorally served 262,951 Catholics (98.1% of 268,000 total population) on 3,000 km2 in 33 parishes and 35 missions with 76 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons, 106 lay religious (106 sisters) and 25 seminarians.
- Its cathedral is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, in the episcopal see of Jericó, in the Colombian department of Antioquia
- It further has a Minor Basilica (also Marian) : Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, at Jardín
Ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Jericó
- Apostolic Administrator Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (1915 – 7 Feb 1917), while Bishop of Antioquía (1911.10.10 – 1917.02.05); next Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1923.11.15 – death 1940.11.07)
- See merged into the diocese of Antioquia (1917–1941)
- Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (7 Feb 1942 – retired 31 March 1960), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1960.03.31 – death 1969.04.27)
- Augusto Trujillo Arango † (31 Mar 1960 – 20 Feb 1970), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1970.02.20 – retired 1998.02.02), died 2007; previously Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)
- Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (4 June 1970 – 26 April 1977), next Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27); previously Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)
- Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (29 Oct 1977 – retired 7 Oct 2003) died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Ceramussa (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cali (Colombia) (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29)
- José Roberto López Londoño (7 Oct 2003 – retired June 2013); previously Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Medellin (Colombia) (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09), Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07)
- Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, Redemptorist (C.SS.R.) (10 August 2013– ...), also Apostolic Commissioner of Sodalitium of Christian Life (2018.01.10 – ...).
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Luis Henao Cadavid, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2015
- GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite HQ picture - data for all sections
- Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source?]
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