Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

The Diocese of Jericó (Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín.

History

 * 29 January 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellin
 * 5 February 1917: Suppressed, its territory and title being merged into the then Diocese of Antioquia-Jericó (now Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia)
 * 3 July 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó, regaining its territory from the above Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó.

Statistics
, it pastorally served 262,951 Catholics (98.1% of 268,000 total population) on 3,000 km2 in 33 parishes and 35 missions with 76 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons, 106 lay religious (106 sisters) and 25 seminarians.

Special churches

 * Its cathedral is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, in the episcopal see of Jericó, in the Colombian department of Antioquia
 * It further has a Minor Basilica (also Marian) : Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, at Jardín

Bishops

 * Suffragan Bishops of Jericó
 * Apostolic Administrator Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (1915 – 7 Feb 1917), while Bishop of Antioquía (1911.10.10 – 1917.02.05); next Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1923.11.15 – death 1940.11.07)
 * Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (7 Feb 1942 – retired 31 March 1960), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1960.03.31 – death 1969.04.27)
 * Augusto Trujillo Arango † (31 Mar 1960 – 20 Feb 1970), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1970.02.20 – retired 1998.02.02), died 2007; previously Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)
 * Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (4 June 1970 – 26 April 1977), next Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27); previously Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)
 * Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (29 Oct 1977 – retired 7 Oct 2003) died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Ceramussa (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cali (Colombia) (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29)
 * José Roberto López Londoño (7 Oct 2003 – retired June 2013); previously Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Medellin (Colombia) (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09), Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07)
 * Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, C.SS.R. (10 August 2013– ...), also Apostolic Commissioner of Sodalitium of Christian Life (2018.01.10 – ...).


 * Other priests of this diocese who became bishop
 * José Luis Henao Cadavid, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2015

Sources and External links

 * GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite HQ picture - data for all sections
 * Catholic Hierarchy