Diocese of Armenia

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Diocese of Armenia

Dioecesis Armeniensis

Diócesis de Armenia
Bishopric
Catholic
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Incumbent:
Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez
StyleThe Most Reverend
Location
CountryColombia
Episcopal conferenceEpiscopal Conference of Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceEcclesiastical province of Manizales
Statistics
Area1,845 km2 (712 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2022)
  • 562,117
  • 473,000 (84.1%)
Parishes46
Information
First holderJesús Martínez Vargas
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established17 December 1952 (1952-12-17) by the papal bull Leguntur saepissime of Pope Pius XII
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Manizales
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests105
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopCarlos Arturo Quintero Gómez
Vicar GeneralJaime Álvarez Gómez
Map
Website
www.diocesisarmenia.org


The Diocese of Armenia (Latin: Armeniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is Armenia in Columbia's Quindío Department . The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales.

History

  • 12 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Armenia from the Diocese of Manizales

Ordinaries

  • José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (18 December 1952 – 8 February 1972) Retired
  • Libardo Ramírez Gómez (8 February 1972 – 18 October 1986) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
  • José Roberto López Londoño (9 May 1987 – 7 October 2003) Appointed, Bishop of Jericó
  • Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (29 November 2003 – 11 June 2012) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
  • Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz, (18 August 2014 – 14 November 2017), appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla
  • Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (4 December 2018 - present)

See also

Sources

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