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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira ( la, Diocesis Pereiranus) is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of Pereira in the
Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
of
Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...
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 Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with 68 ...
; 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

* Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1988-1996), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura (later returned here as Bishop) *
Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo Hernán is a Spanish masculine given name, originating from Germanic Hernan in the Visigoth culture in Spain. It is the Latinized version of the compound name ''Fard-nanth'', which seems to mean "gentle traveler" or "spiritual traveler". The House ...
(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 Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2005 * Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2017


See also

*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia. Organization It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses ...


Sources


External links


Catholic Hierarchy



Diocese website
Pereira, Colombia Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Manizales Christian organizations established in 1952 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1952 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub