Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia

Coordinates: 4°31′56″N 75°40′22″W / 4.5323°N 75.6729°W / 4.5323; -75.6729
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Diocese of Armenia

Dioecesis Armeniensis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceManizales
Statistics
Area1,928 km2 (744 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
495,212
408,422 (82.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established12 December 1952 (71 years ago)
CathedralCatedral la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCarlos Arturo Quintero 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[edit]

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

Ordinaries[edit]

  • José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1952.12.18 – 1972.02.08) Retired
  • Libardo Ramírez Gómez (1972.02.08 – 1986.10.18) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
  • José Roberto López Londoño (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07) Appointed, Bishop of Jericó
  • Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (2003.11.29 – 2012.06.11) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
  • Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz, (2014.08.18 – 2017.11.14), appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla
  • Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (2018.12.04 - present)

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4°31′56″N 75°40′22″W / 4.5323°N 75.6729°W / 4.5323; -75.6729


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