Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

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
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceMedellín
Statistics
Area7,300 km2 (2,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
565,000
550,000 (97.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established18 March 1957 (63 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, Sonsón
Co-cathedralConcatedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFidel León Cadavid Marin
Map
Website
www.diosonrio.org.co

History
  • 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
  • Minor Basilica:
    • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja

Bishops

Ordinaries
  • 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
  • Óscar Ángel Bernal (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Girardota

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • 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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá in Sonsón (left) Co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Rionegro (right)

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources



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