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Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

Sanctae Rosae de Osos

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

The Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos is a Latin rite diocese covering northern Antioquia department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia. It was erected on 5 February 1917 by Benedict XV from the Diocese of Antioquia. Its seat is the Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira Cathedral in Santa Rosa de Osos.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
5 February 1917
Latin
Sanctae Rosae de Osos
Patron
<li>santa Rosa de Lima<li>Virgen de las Misericordias
Annuario code
001002963

The see in figures

Catholics
625,156
Population
650,200
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
96.1%
Priests
139
Catholics per priest
4,498
Extent
24,037 km²
Catholics per km²
26

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
Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve
Born
1 January 1958
Birthplace
Minas de Fredonia

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

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira Cathedral stands in Santa Rosa de Osos, 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 Santa Fe de Antioquia

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

This Colombian diocese (Latin: Sanctae Rosae de Osos) has its seat in the city of Santa Rosa de Osos and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia.

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Sources

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.