The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro (Latin: Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri) is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.
Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro Dioecesis Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri | |
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Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Ecclesiastical province | Medellín |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,300 km2 (2,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 565,000 550,000 (97.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 18 March 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, Sonsón |
Co-cathedral | Concatedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fidel León Cadavid Marin |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diosonrio.org.co |
History
edit- 18 March 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
- 20 April 1968: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro
Special churches
edit- Minor Basilica:
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Bishops of Sonsón
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (18 Mar 1957 – 13 Jul 1960) Appointed, Bishop of Cali
- Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (12 Feb 1961 – 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro
- Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (6 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1993) Retired
- Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 – 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué
- Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 – 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
- Fidel León Cadavid Marin (2 Feb 2011 – present)
Auxiliary bishop
edit- Óscar Ángel Bernal (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Girardota
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
edit- Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1972
- Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988
- Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla in 1995
- Ismael Rueda Sierra (priest here, 1981-1988), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000
- Guillermo Orozco Montoya, appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare in 2006
- Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2012
- Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013
- Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013
- José Saúl Grisales Grisales, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018
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