Diocese of Pereira

Pereiran(us)

Latin Church

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

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.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

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

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 17 December 1952
Latin: Pereiran(us)
Patron: Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza
Annuario code: 001002577

The see in figures

Catholics: 900,000
Population: 1,200,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 75.0%
Priests: 204
Catholics per priest: 4,412
Extent: 6,126 km²
Catholics per km²: 147

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Manizales

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manizales.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of ManizalesManizales
Diocese of ArmeniaArmenia
Diocese of La Dorada–GuaduasLa Dorada–Guaduas

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].