The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos ( la, Sanctae Rosae de Osos) is a

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located in the city of

Santa Rosa de Osos Santa Rosa de Osos is a middle city and municipality of Colombia located in the northern of the department of Antioquia. Bounded on the north with the municipalities of Yarumal and Angostura, on the east with Guadalupe and Carolina del Princip ...

in the

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in Colombia.

History

*5 February 1917: Established as Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos from the Diocese of Antioquía

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Santa Rosa de Osos **Basílica del Señor de los Milagros, San Pedro de los Milagros ** Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy, Yarumal

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † (7 Feb 1917 – 15 Nov 1923) Appointed, Archbishop of

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* Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez † (27 May 1924 – 29 Sep 1971) Died *Joaquín García Ordóñez † (29 Sep 1971 – 10 Jun 1995) Retired *Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (10 Jun 1995 – 13 Nov 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Barranquilla *Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (15 Jul 2011 – 15 Oct 2019) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Farly Yovany Gil Betancur, appointed Bishop of Montelibano in 2020

Sources

External links

GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe de Antioquia Christian organizations established in 1917 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub