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Suffragan diocese Pereira, Colombia

Diocese of Pereira

Pereiran(us)

Latin-rite diocese seated at Pereira, capital of the Risaralda department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manizales. It was erected on 17 December 1952 from the Diocese of Manizales and the Apostolic Prefecture of Choco. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de la Pobreza in Pereira.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Pobreza, Pereira, in Pereira, Colombia.

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Established
1952
Catholics
900,000
Priests
204
Territory
6,126 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Nelson Jair Cardona Ramirez
Born
18 January 1969
Birthplace
Norcasia

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The cathedral

Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Pobreza, Pereira stands in Pereira, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Pereira gives its name to this Colombian diocese (Latin: Diocesis Pereiranus), seated in that city within the ecclesiastical province of Manizales.