Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro (Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri) is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín 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

Ordinaries

 * Bishops of Sonsón
 * 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 Sonsón–Rionegro
 * Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (6 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1993) Retired
 * Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 – 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué
 * Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 – 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
 * 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
 * Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, 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