Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó

History

• 29 January 1915: Established as Diocese of Jericó, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellin
• 5 February 1917: Suppressed, its territory and title being merged into the then Diocese of Antioquia-Jericó
• 3 July 1941: Restored as Diocese of Jericó, regaining its territory from the above Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó.

  Statistics

Special churches

• Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, in the city of Jericó, in the Colombian department of Antioquia
• It further has a Minor Basilica : Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, at Jardín

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• *'' Apostolic Administrator Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, while Bishop of Antioquía ; next Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos , Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán
• Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cotrada
• Augusto Trujillo Arango †, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja , died 2007; previously Titular Bishop of Nisyrus as Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales
• Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros, next Bishop of Garagoa ; previously Titular Bishop of Baliana as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Tunja
• Augusto Aristizábal Ospina died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Ceramussa as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cali
• José Roberto López Londoño ; previously Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Medellin , Bishop of Armenia
• Noel Londoño Antonio Buitrago, Redemptorist , also Apostolic Commissioner of Sodalitium of Christian Life.

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• José Luis Henao Cadavid, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2015