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Suffragan diocese Jericó, Colombia

Diocese of Jericó

Iericoën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese seated at Jerico in the Antioquia department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Medellin. It was erected on 29 January 1915 from territory of the Archdiocese of Medellin, suppressed in 1917, and restored on 3 July 1941. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Jerico.

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The address the register holds for Catedral de Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, Jerico, in Jericó, Colombia.

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Established
1915
Catholics
262,951
Priests
76
Territory
3,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Noel Antonio Londono Buitrago, C.Ss.R.

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The cathedral

Catedral de Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, Jerico stands in Jericó, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In western Colombia, the Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church territory serving as a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, within whose ecclesiastical province it lies.

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