The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro () is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.
History 18 March 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín 20 April 1968: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro
Special churches Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja
Bishops Ordinaries Bishops of Sonsón Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (18 Mar 1957 – 13 Jul 1960) Appointed, Bishop of Cali Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (12 Feb 1961 – 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (6 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1993) Retired Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 – 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 – 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín Fidel León Cadavid Marin (2 Feb 2011 – present)
Auxiliary bishop Óscar Ángel Bernal (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Girardota
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1972 Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988 Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla in 1995 Ismael Rueda Sierra (priest here, 1981-1988), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000 Guillermo Orozco Montoya, appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare in 2006 Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2012 Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013 Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013 José Saúl Grisales Grisales, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018
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See also Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Sources
External links Catholic Hierarchy GCatholic.org Diocese website