Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia Not to be confused with Armenian Catholic Church.

Diocese of Armenia Dioecesis Armeniensis


Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Manizales
Statistics
Area	1,928 km (744 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 495,212 408,422 (82.5%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 December 1952 (72 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez
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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 (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)

Sources

External links

GCatholic.org

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