Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Santa Rosa de Osos, Diocese of

SANTA ROSA DE OSOS, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae de Osos

SANTA ROSA DE OSOS, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese of Colombia in the department of Antioquia (South America).

It has an area of 31,400 sq. km., with a population of 280,000 inhabitants, of whom 279,750 are Catholics; it has 60 parishes with 107 diocesan priests and 33 regulars; it has 5 male religious communities and 3 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 364).

The diocese was erected by Pope Benedict XV on 5 February 1917 as a suffragan of Medellín. Its first bishop was Msgr. Maximilian Crespo.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Cath. Enc., Suppl., p. 679; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LIV, p. 170.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1838.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Rosa de Osos, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1838. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-rosa-de-osos-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Rosa de Osos, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1838. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-rosa-de-osos-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Santa Rosa de Osos, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1838},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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