Diocese of Pereira
Pereiran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pereira, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Pereira, capital of the Risaralda department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manizales. It was erected on 17 December 1952 from the Diocese of Manizales and the Apostolic Prefecture of Choco. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de la Pobreza in Pereira.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1952
- Latin
- Pereiran(us)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza
- Annuario code
- 001002577
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 900,000
- Population
- 1,200,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 204
- Catholics per priest
- 4,412
- Extent
- 6,126 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 147
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
- Nelson Jair Cardona Ramirez
- Born
- 18 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Norcasia
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 la Pobreza, Pereira stands in Pereira, 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 Manizales
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manizales.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ManizalesManizales
- Diocese of ArmeniaArmenia
- Diocese of La Dorada–GuaduasLa Dorada–Guaduas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pereira gives its name to this Colombian diocese (Latin: Diocesis Pereiranus), seated in that city within the ecclesiastical province of Manizales.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.