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Diocese of Armenia

Dioecesis Armeniensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 17 December 1952
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Manizales
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 1,845 (712 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 23 N. 12-26, Centro de Servicios Diocesanos, Armenia, Quindio, Colombia
  • Telephone: (67)741.41.71
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 December 1952ErectedDiocese of Manizales (Immaculate Conception B. M. V., Sacred Heart of Jesus, from Montenegro, generally, La Tebaida, Calarcá, Córbiba, Pijao, Genova; parish vicariates: Barcelona and Buenavista, Filandia, Circassia, Quimbaya, and Salento) Diocese of Armenia (erected)
10 May 1954Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Armenia (from Medellín)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1959351,000352,20099.7%457526,7502222014ap1960
1966360,000363,00099.2%5112635,7144029319ap1967
1970430,000434,10099.1%5214666,5152922020ap1971
1976350,500360,10097.3%3810487,3024027823ap1977
1980400,000420,00095.2%4612586,8963023624ap1981
1990395,000418,94494.3%557626,3701820230ap1991
1999400,000430,00093.0%7210824,8782020339ap2000
2000400,000430,00093.0%7110814,93811617340ap2001
2001400,000430,00093.0%7510854,70512017241ap2002
2002390,000445,00087.6%8110914,28511716542ap2003
2003400,000485,00082.5%789874,59711417242ap2004
2004408,422495,21282.5%8211934,39111618143ap2005
2006422,000512,00082.4%8514994,26211818143ap2007
2012458,000554,00082.7%95131084,24052616344ap2013
2015473,000562,11484.1%87161034,59262316346ap2016
2018480,930571,73384.1%94151094,41261816546ap2019
2020488,600581,20084.1%92131054,65361716746ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 323, to Page 326
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 641, to Page 643

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