Diocese of Jericó
Iericoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jericó, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Jerico in the Antioquia department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Medellin. It was erected on 29 January 1915 from territory of the Archdiocese of Medellin, suppressed in 1917, and restored on 3 July 1941. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Jerico.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 January 1915
- Latin
- Iericoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001734
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 262,951
- Population
- 240,540
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 3,460
- Extent
- 3,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Noel Antonio Londono Buitrago, C.Ss.R.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, Jerico stands in Jericó, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Medellin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medellin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MedellínMedellín
- Diocese of GirardotaGirardota
- Diocese of Sonsón-RionegroSonsón
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In western Colombia, the Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church territory serving as a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, within whose ecclesiastical province it lies.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.