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Suffragan diocese Girardota, Colombia

Diocese of Girardota

Girardotanen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese seated at Girardota in the Antioquia department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Medellin. It was erected on 18 June 1988 from territory of the Archdiocese of Medellin. Its seat is Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in Girardota.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario), Girardota, in Girardota, Colombia.

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Established
1988
Catholics
180,000
Priests
68
Territory
2,445 km²

Parishes and churches

28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Guillermo Orozco Montoya
Born
15 August 1946
Birthplace
Sonsón

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The cathedral

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario), Girardota stands in Girardota, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Seated in the city of Girardota, this diocese (Latin: Girardotanensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.