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Diocese of Pereira

Dioecesis Pereirana



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Territory Added: 14 November 1952
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Manizales
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 6,126 (2,366 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdepereira.org.co/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 20 N. 7-40, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
  • Telephone: (6)349.80.00
  • Fax: 338.76.31

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 November 1952Territory AddedPrefecture Apostolic of Chocó (Pueblorrico and S. Antonio de Chami) Diocese of Pereira
17 December 1952ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Chocó (Pueblo Rico and S. Antonio de Chami)
Diocese of Manizales (Nuestra Señora de la Pobreza, N. S. de la Valvanera, Virginia, Viterbo, Apía, Santuario, Belén de Umbria, Mistrató, Anserma, Belalcázar, Guática (with S. Clement), Arabia, Balboa and La Celia; parts of Marseilles and S. Rosa)
Diocese of Pereira (erected)
10 May 1954Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Pereira (from Medellín)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966600,000603,00099.5%95391344,4773952548ap1967
1970650,000650,000100.0%98151135,752161551ap1971
1976622,458638,12997.5%98221205,1872917552ap1977
1977688,300693,42099.3%96281245,55024132152ap1981
1990803,000830,00096.7%160231834,387133435376ap1991
1999873,2871,034,93084.4%163281914,572146226491ap2000
2000893,4211,053,93084.8%154281824,908147127193ap2001
2001902,1491,072,51384.1%165211864,850156130793ap2002
20021,050,0001,100,00095.5%176262025,198177531293ap2003
20031,060,0001,106,00095.8%159291885,638227229894ap2004
2004900,0001,200,00075.0%188282164,1662364312100ap2005
20131,041,0001,380,00075.4%180302104,9573640226101ap2014
2016847,6081,059,51180.0%155241794,7353458133107ap2017
2019915,2841,144,05780.0%158251835,0013160129110ap2020
2021924,5721,156,55679.9%156251815,1083867210111ap2022

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 217, and Page 218
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 323, to Page 326
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 641, to Page 643

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