Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Iericoënsis) is a suffragan diocese in the Latin rite Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Medellín in western Colombia.

Diocese of Jericó

Dioecesis Iericoënsis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceMedellín
Statistics
Area3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
230000
228000 (99.1%)
Information
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 July 1941 (79 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopNoel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R.
Map
Website
www.jerico.diocesis.ws
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy

History
  • 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.

Statistics

As per 2015, 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.

Special churches

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

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

See also

References


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