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Diocese of

Sonsón – Rionegro

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Medellín

Website: Link

History

  • 1957.03.18: Established as Diocese of Sonsón / Sonsonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín)
  • 1968.04.20: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro / Sonsonen(sis) – Rivi Nigri (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sonsón – Rionegro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (58)Bishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (58)
(2003.04.25 – ...)

Born:1951.05.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1975.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:2003.06.14

Bishop of Sonsón – Rionegro (Colombia) (2003.04.25 – ...)

Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata (65)Bishop Flavio Calle Zapata (65) (later Archbishop)
(1993.02.16 – 2003.01.10)

Born:1944.02.18 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1968.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:1989.03.16

Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia) (1989.02.16 – 1993.02.16)

Bishop of Sonsón – Rionegro (Colombia) (1993.02.16 – 2003.01.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2003.01.10 – ...)

Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo
(1968.04.06 – 1993.07.15)

Born:1914.02.06 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1937.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1963.08.04
Died:1993.07.15 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia (1963.06.25 – 1968.04.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1963.06.25 – 1968.04.06)

Bishop of Sonsón – Rionegro (Colombia) (1968.04.06 – 1993.07.15)

Bishops of Sonsón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz (later Archbishop)
(1961.02.12 – 1968.03.27)

Born:1901.12.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1926.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:1953.09.13
Died:1992.08.19 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Vallis (1953.07.07 – 1956.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1953.07.07 – 1956.05.29)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1961.02.12)

Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia) (1961.02.12 – 1968.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1968.03.27 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (later Archbishop)
(1957.03.18 – 1960.07.13)

Born:1918.12.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.03
Died:1985.12.13 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia) (1957.03.18 – 1960.07.13)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.01.30

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