Roman Catholic Diocese of Pereira

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.

Diocese of Pereira Dioecesis Pereiranus
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Manizales
Statistics
Area	6,126 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,200,000 900,000 (75.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	17 December 1952 (72 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nelson Jaír Cardona Ramírez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo
Bishops emeritus	Tulio Duque Gutiérrez,S.D.S., Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepereira.org.co

Cathedral of Our Lady of Poverty

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

• Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (1988-1996), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura (later returned here as Bishop)
• Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (1984-1987), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón (2015-2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Julio Hernando García Peláez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2005
• Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2017

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org
• Diocese website