Diocese of Jericó

Diocese of Jericó

Dioecesis Iericoënsis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy
Coat of arms
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceMedellín
Statistics
Area3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 230000
  • 228000 (99.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 July 1941 (84 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopNoel Londoño Antonio Buitrago
Map
Website
https://www.facebook.com/diocesisdejerico/?locale=es_LA

The Diocese of Jericó (Latin: Dioecesis Iericoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Western Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín.

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