Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro
Sonsonen(sis)-Rivi Nigri
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sonsón, Colombia
The Diocese of Sonson-Rionegro is a Latin rite diocese covering eastern Antioquia department, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Medellin. Erected as the Diocese of Sonson on 18 March 1957 from the Archdiocese of Medellin, it took its present name in 1968. Its seat is the Our Lady of Chiquinquira Cathedral in Sonson, with the Concatedral de San Nicolas el Magno in Rionegro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1957
- Latin
- Sonsonen(sis)-Rivi Nigri
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Arma
- Annuario code
- 001003091
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 601,489
- Population
- 565,000
- Priests
- 412
- Catholics per priest
- 1,460
- Extent
- 7,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin
- Born
- 3 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Bello
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of Chiquinquira Cathedral stands in Sonsón, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral de San Nicolas el Magno.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Medellin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medellin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MedellínMedellín
- Diocese of GirardotaGirardota
- Diocese of JericóJericó
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of Sonsón and Rionegro jointly anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Sonsonensis-Rivi Nigri), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Medellín.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].