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Diocese of Girardota Dioecesis Girardotanensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Medellín
Statistics
Area	2,445 km (944 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 200,000 180,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 June 1988 (36 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Guillermo Orozco Montoya
Map
Website
www.diogirardota.org.co

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardota (Latin: Girardotanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Girardota in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

History

• 18 June 1988: Established as Diocese of Girardota from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

Ordinaries

• Oscar Angel Bernal † (18 Jun 1988 – 4 Jul 1996 Died)
• Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (21 Feb 1998 – 13 May 2005) Appointed, Bishop of Riohacha
• Óscar González Villa (24 Apr 2006 – 10 Jun 2006) Resigned before episcopal ordination
• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (11 Jul 2006 – 16 Jul 2009) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales
• Guillermo Orozco Montoya (2 Feb 2010 – present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org

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