The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro () 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, prov ...

located in the cities of

Sonsón Sonsón is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Sonsón is located in Eastern Antioquia. It is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro. Sonsón celebrates "Las Fiestas Del Maíz"- ('Festival of ...

and

Rionegro Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...

in the

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in Colombia.

History

* 18 March 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín * 20 April 1968: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro

Special churches

*Minor Basilica: ** Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Bishops of Sonsón **Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (18 Mar 1957 – 13 Jul 1960) Appointed, Bishop of

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**Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (12 Feb 1961 – 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona *Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro **

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† (6 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1993) Retired **Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 – 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of

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**Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 – 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of

**Fidel León Cadavid Marin (2 Feb 2011 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

* Óscar Ángel Bernal (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Girardota

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1972 * Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988 * Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla in 1995 * Ismael Rueda Sierra (priest here, 1981-1988), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000 * Guillermo Orozco Montoya, appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare in 2006 * Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2012 *

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, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013 * Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013 * José Saúl Grisales Grisales, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018

Gallery

Sources

External links

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Medellín Christian organizations established in 1957 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Sonsón {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub