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Diocese of

Jericó

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Medellín

History

  • 1915.01.29: Established as Diocese of Jericó / Iericoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín)
  • 1917.02.05: Suppressed (to Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó)
  • 1941.07.03: Restored as Diocese of Jericó / Iericoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jericó (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Roberto López Londoño (73)Bishop José Roberto López Londoño (73)
(2003.10.07 – ...)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:1937.06.29 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1962.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1982.07.03

Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09)

Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (2003.10.07 – ...)

Bishop Augusto Aristizábal Ospina
(1977.10.29 – 2003.10.07)

Omnia propter electos

Born:1928.05.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1954.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:1969.07.20
Died:2004.11.06 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Ceramussa (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1977.10.29 – 2003.10.07)

Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros
(1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)

Evangelizantes Jesum

Born:1918.06.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1967.05.01
Died:1989.12.27 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1989.12.27)

Bishop Augusto Trujillo Arango (later Archbishop)
(1960.03.31 – 1970.02.20)

Animam pro ovibus

Born:1922.08.05 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1945.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:1957.06.09
Died:2007.02.24 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1960.03.31 – 1970.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1970.02.20 – 1998.02.02)

Bishop Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (later Archbishop)
(1942.02.07 – 1960.03.31)

Sanctificetur nomen tuum

Born:1886.10.31 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1912.11.10
Consecrated Bishop:1942.04.12
Died:1969.04.27 († 82)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1942.02.07 – 1960.03.31)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1960.03.31 – 1969.04.27)

as of 2010.07.20

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