Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia
Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia
Diocese of Armenia Dioecesis Armeniensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Ecclesiastical province | Manizales |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,928 km2 (744 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 495,212 408,422 (82.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 December 1952 (71 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral la Inmaculada Concepción |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesisarmenia.org |
The Diocese of Armenia (Latin: Armeniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is Armenia in Columbia's Quindío Department . The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales.
History
- 12 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Armenia from the Diocese of Manizales
Ordinaries
- José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1952.12.18 – 1972.02.08) Retired
- Libardo Ramírez Gómez (1972.02.08 – 1986.10.18) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
- José Roberto López Londoño (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07) Appointed, Bishop of Jericó
- Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (2003.11.29 – 2012.06.11) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
- Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz, (2014.08.18 – 2017.11.14), appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla
- Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (2018.12.04 - present)
See also
Sources
External links
- GCatholic.org
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- Archdiocese of Manizales
- Diocese of Armenia
- Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas
- Diocese of Pereira
- Military Ordinariate of Colombia
- Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi
- Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida
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- Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
- Apostolic Vicariate of San Andrés y Providencia
- Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro
- Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad
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