The Diocese of Jericó () 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.
History 29 January 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellin 5 February 1917: Suppressed, its territory and title being merged into the then Diocese of Antioquia-Jericó (now Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia) 3 July 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó, regaining its territory from the above Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó.
Statistics , it pastorally served 262,951 Catholics (98.1% of 268,000 total population) on 3,000 km2 in 33 parishes and 35 missions with 76 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons, 106 lay religious (106 sisters) and 25 seminarians.
Special churches Its cathedral is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, in the episcopal see of Jericó, in the Colombian department of Antioquia It further has a Minor Basilica (also Marian) : Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, at Jardín
Bishops Suffragan Bishops of Jericó Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (1915 – 7 February 1917), Apostolic Administrator, Bishop of Antioquía Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón (7 February 1942 – retired 31 March 1960) Augusto Trujillo Arango (31 March 1960 – 20 February 1970) Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (4 June 1970 – 26 April 1977) Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (29 October 1977 – retired 7 October 2003) José Roberto López Londoño (7 October 2003 – 13 June 2013) Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R. (10 August 2013 – 13 July 2026) Diego Luis Rendón Urrea (since 13 July 2026)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishop José Luis Henao Cadavid, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2015
See also List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholicism in Colombia
References
Sources and External links GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite HQ picture - data for all sections Catholic Hierarchy