Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

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Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro
Dioecesis Sonsonen(sis) – Rivi Nigri
Statistics
Country: Colombia
Metropolitan: Medellín
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 7,300 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
565,000 (2004)
550,000 (97.3%)
Cathedral: Catedral San Nicolás el Magno in Sonsón
Co-cathedral: Concatedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro
Ordinaries
Bishop: Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro {Latin: Sonsonen(sis) – Rivi Nigri} is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the Ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

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[edit] History

  • March 18, 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

1968.04.20: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro

[edit] Special Churches

  • Minor Basillicas:

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (2003.04.25 – present)
    • Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata (1993.02.16 – 2003.01.10)
    • Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo (1968.04.06 – 1993.07.15)
  • Bishops of Sonsón (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1961.02.12 – 1968.03.27)
    • Archbishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1957.03.18 – 1960.07.13)

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