The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira ( la, Diocesis Pereiranus) is a diocese located in the city of

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in the Ecclesiastical province of Manizales in Colombia.

History

* 17 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Pereira from the Diocese of Manizales and Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo (1952.12.18 – 1976.07.01) *Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1976.07.01 – 1992.12.16) Appointed, Archbishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal *Fabio Suescún Mutis (1993.11.20 – 2001.01.19) Appointed, Bishop of Colombia, Military *Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (2001.07.25 – 2011.07.15) *Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (2011.07.15 – present)

Coadjutor bishop

Darío Castrillón Hoyos Darío del Niño Jesús Castrillón Hoyos (4 July 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Colombian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1996 to 2006 and President of the Pontifical Commission ''Ecclesia D ...

(1971-1976); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

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(1988-1996), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura (later returned here as Bishop) *

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(1984-1987), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá *

Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón Luis Alberio Cortés Rendón (2 February 1952 – 12 May 2022) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate. Cortès Rendón was born in Quimbaya, Quindío, Colombia. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vélez, Colombia, from 2003 to ...

(2015-2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Julio Hernando García Peláez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2005 * Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2017

Sources

External links

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website
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