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Suffragan diocese Sonsón, Colombia

Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro

Sonsonen(sis)-Rivi Nigri

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
Sonsón, Colombia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1957
Catholics
601,489
Priests
412
Territory
7,300 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin
Born
3 July 1951
Birthplace
Bello

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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.

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History

The cities of Sonsón and Rionegro jointly anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Sonsonensis-Rivi Nigri), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Medellín.

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