Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira

Diocese of Pereira Dioecesis Pereiranus
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Manizales
Statistics
Area	6,126 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 1,200,000 900,000 (75.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	17 December 1952 (69 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus	, S.D.S.
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepereira.org.co

Cathedral of Our Lady of Poverty

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira (Latin: Diocesis Pereiranus) is a diocese located in the city of Pereira in the Ecclesiastical province of Manizales in Colombia.

History[]

• 17 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Pereira from the Diocese of Manizales and Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo (1952.12.18 – 1976.07.01)
• Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1976.07.01 – 1992.12.16) Appointed, Archbishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal
• Fabio Suescún Mutis (1993.11.20 – 2001.01.19) Appointed, Bishop of Colombia, Military
• Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (2001.07.25 – 2011.07.15)
• Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (2011.07.15 – present)

Coadjutor bishop[]

• Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1971-1976); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (1988-1996), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura (later returned here as Bishop)
• (1984-1987), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• (2015-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2005
• , appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2017

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources[]

External links[]

• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source?]}
• GCatholic.org
• Diocese website

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