Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira (Latin: Diocesis Pereiranus) is a diocese located in the city of Pereira in the Ecclesiastical province of Manizales in Colombia.

Diocese of Pereira

Dioecesis Pereiranus
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceManizales
Statistics
Area6,126 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
1,200,000
900,000 (75.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established17 December 1952 (68 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRigoberto Corredor Bermúdez
Metropolitan ArchbishopGonzalo Restrepo Restrepo
Auxiliary BishopsLuis Albeiro Cortés Rendón
Bishops emeritusTulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S.
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepereira.org.co
Cathedral of Our Lady of Poverty

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

Auxiliary bishops
  • Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1988-1996), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura (later returned here as Bishop)
  • Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (1984-1987), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
  • Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón (2015-)

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

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources


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