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Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae de Osos



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 February 1917
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Square Kilometers: 22,925 (8,854 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dsro.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Real 28-72, Santa Rosa de Osos [Antioquia], Colombia
  • Telephone: (048)860.80.50
  • Fax: 860.81.25

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 February 1917ErectedDiocese of Antioquía Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos (erected)
18 June 1988Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Santa Rosa de Osos (from Medellín)
22 November 2003Territory LostDiocese of Santa Rosa de Osos (Ebéjico, Liborina, Peque, San Jerónimo, Sopetrán, Sabanalarga, Olaya, and part of Palmitas) Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950279,750280,00099.9%109351441,9427030561ap1951
1966407,000407,78699.8%162452071,96611039066ap1967
1968415,070416,57099.6%132341662,5006135061ap1971
1976395,835398,83599.2%126291552,5534830076ap1977
1980396,700398,80099.5%117251422,7934528279ap1981
1990438,952447,91098.0%143141572,79516129981ap1991
1999620,757639,95497.0%153171703,6519623489ap2000
2000624,389643,70097.0%145171623,85412020989ap2001
2001603,437622,10097.0%155161713,52817422890ap2002
2002609,750628,60897.0%160151753,48410624791ap2003
2003622,850642,11397.0%185121973,1615620691ap2004
2004630,000650,20096.9%1851853,4054723292ap2005
2010585,000609,00096.1%162121743,3621514275ap2011
2014613,000637,00096.2%136101464,1981114277ap2015
2017653,975689,12694.9%14781554,2191113674ap2018
2020674,500711,80094.8%131111424,7501612779ap2021

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 80, Page 1,382, and Page 1,383

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