Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the Ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.History
Ordinaries
- Bishops of Sonsón
- *Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † Appointed, Bishop of Cali
- *Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro
- *Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † Retired
- *Flavio Calle Zapata Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué
- *Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
- *Fidel León Cadavid Marin
Auxiliary bishop
- Óscar Ángel Bernal, appointed Bishop of Girardota
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1972
- Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988
- Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla in 1995
- Ismael Rueda Sierra, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000
- Guillermo Orozco Montoya, appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare in 2006
- Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2012
- Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013
- Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013
- José Saúl Grisales Grisales, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018
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