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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.
Diocese of Armenia Dioecesis Armeniensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manizales |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,928 km2 (744 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 495,212 408,422 (82.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 December 1952 (72 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisarmenia.org | |
- 12 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Armenia from the Diocese of Manizales
- José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1952.12.18 – 1972.02.08) Retired
- Libardo Ramírez Gómez (1972.02.08 – 1986.10.18) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
- José Roberto López Londoño (1987.05.09 – 2003.10.07) Appointed, Bishop of Jericó
- Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. (2003.11.29 – 2012.06.11) Appointed, Bishop of Garzón
- Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz, (2014.08.18 – 2017.11.14), appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla
- Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez (2018.12.04 - present)
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