Diocese of Armenia

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Diocese of Armenia Dioecesis Armeniensis Diócesis de Armenia

Catholic

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Coat of arms
Incumbent Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez
Style	The Most Reverend
Location
Country	Colombia
Episcopal conference	Episcopal Conference of Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Ecclesiastical province of Manizales
Statistics
Area	1,845 km² (712 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2022) 562,117 473,000 (84.1%)
Parishes	46
Information
First holder	Jesús Martínez Vargas
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	17 December 1952 (73 years ago) (1952-12-17) by the papal bull Leguntur saepissime of Pope Pius XII
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Manizales
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests	105
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez
Vicar General	Jaime Álvarez Gómez
Map

Website
www.diocesisarmenia.org

The Diocese of Armenia (Latin: Armeniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is Armenia in Columbia's Quindío Department . The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales.

History

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12 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Armenia from the Diocese of Manizales

Ordinaries

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José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (18 December 1952 – 8 February 1972) Retired
Libardo Ramírez Gómez (8 February 1972 – 18 October 1986) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
José Roberto López Londoño (9 May 1987 – 7 October 2003) Appointed, Bishop of Jericó
Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (29 November 2003 – 11 June 2012) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz, (18 August 2014 – 14 November 2017), appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla
Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (4 December 2018 - present)

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