Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

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Diocese of Jericó
Dioecesis Iericoënsis
Statistics
Country: Colombia
Metropolitan: Medellín
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 3,000 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
230,000 (2004)
228,000 (99.1%)
Ordinaries
Bishop: José Roberto López Londoño

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó {Latin: Iericoën(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Jericó in the Ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

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[edit] History

  • January 29, 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
  • February 5, 1917: Suppressed to the Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó
  • July 3, 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó from the Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó

[edit] Special Churches

  • Minor Basillicas:
    • BVM Immaculate Conception, Jardín

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Jericó(Roman rite)
    • Bishop José Roberto López Londoño (2003.10.07 – present)
    • Bishop Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1977.10.29 – 2003.10.07)
    • Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)
    • Archbishop Augusto Trujillo Arango (1960.03.31 – 1970.02.20)
    • Archbishop Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (1942.02.07 – 1960.03.31)

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