roman, catholic, diocese, sonsón, rionegro, latin, sonsonensis, rivi, nigri, diocese, located, cities, sonsón, rionegro, ecclesiastical, province, medellín, colombia, diocese, sonsón, rionegrodioecesis, sonsonensis, rivi, nigrilocationcountrycolombiaecclesiast. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonson Rionegro Latin Sonsonensis Rivi Nigri is a diocese located in the cities of Sonson and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellin in Colombia Diocese of Sonson RionegroDioecesis Sonsonensis Rivi NigriLocationCountryColombiaEcclesiastical provinceMedellinStatisticsArea7 300 km2 2 800 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 565 000550 000 97 3 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished18 March 1957 67 years ago CathedralOur Lady of Chiquinquira Cathedral SonsonCo cathedralConcatedral de San Nicolas in RionegroCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopFidel Leon Cadavid MarinMapWebsitewww diosonrio org co Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops 3 1 Ordinaries 3 2 Auxiliary bishop 3 3 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 Sources 7 External linksHistory edit18 March 1957 Established as Diocese of Sonson from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellin 20 April 1968 Renamed as Diocese of Sonson RionegroSpecial churches editMinor Basilica Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen La CejaBishops editOrdinaries edit Bishops of Sonson Alberto Uribe Urdaneta 18 Mar 1957 13 Jul 1960 Appointed Bishop of Cali Alfredo Rubio Diaz 12 Feb 1961 27 Mar 1968 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona Bishops of Sonson Rionegro Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo 6 Apr 1968 16 Feb 1993 Retired Flavio Calle Zapata 16 Feb 1993 10 Jan 2003 Appointed Archbishop of Ibague Ricardo Antonio Tobon Restrepo 25 Apr 2003 16 Feb 2010 Appointed Archbishop of Medellin Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin 2 Feb 2011 present Auxiliary bishop edit oscar Angel Bernal 1986 1988 appointed Bishop of Girardota Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit Ignacio Jose Gomez Aristizabal appointed Bishop of Ocana in 1972 Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988 Oscar Anibal Salazar Gomez 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 Jose del Guaviare in 2006 Elkin Fernando Alvarez Botero appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellin in 2012 Omar de Jesus Mejia Giraldo appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013 Carlos Alberto Correa Martinez appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013 Jose Saul Grisales Grisales appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018Gallery edit nbsp nbsp Cathedral of Our Lady of Chiquinquira in Sonson left Co Cathedral of St Nicholas in Rionegro right See also editRoman Catholicism in ColombiaSources editExternal links editCatholic Hierarchy self published source GCatholic org Diocese website Portals nbsp Catholicism nbsp Colombia nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonson Rionegro amp oldid 1197856653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,