Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Jericó
Latin:	Dioecesis Iericoënsis
Coat:	Escudo de la Diócesis de Jericó.svg
Coat Size:	100px
Country:	Colombia
Province:	Medellín
Denomination:	Catholic Church
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	3 July 1941 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Area Km2:	3000
Population:	230000
Population As Of:	2004
Catholics:	228000
Catholics Percent:	99.1
Bishop:	Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago
Map:	Mapa Diocesis de Jerico.svg
Website:	https://www.facebook.com/diocesisdejerico/?locale=es_LA

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

, 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

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)
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, C.SS.R. (10 August 2013– ...), also Apostolic Commissioner of Sodalitium of Christian Life (2018.01.10 – ...).

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

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

Sources and External links

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