Diocese of Jericó

Diocese of Jericó Dioecesis Iericoënsis
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 (85 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Diego Luis Rendón Urrea
Bishops emeritus	Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, CSsR
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Website
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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.

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 of 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

• 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

Bishops

Suffragan Bishops of Jericó

• Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (1915 – 7 February 1917), Apostolic Administrator, Bishop of Antioquía
• Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (7 February 1942 – retired 31 March 1960)
• Augusto Trujillo Arango (31 March 1960 – 20 February 1970)
• Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (4 June 1970 – 26 April 1977)
• Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (29 October 1977 – retired 7 October 2003)
• José Roberto López Londoño (7 October 2003 – 13 June 2013)
• Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R. (10 August 2013 – 13 July 2026)
• Diego Luis Rendón Urrea (since 13 July 2026)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

• José Luis Henao Cadavid, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2015

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources and External links

• GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite HQ picture - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy