Diocese of

Santa Rosa de Osos

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Rosa de Osos / Sanctæ Rosæ de Osos (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Fe de Antioquia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santa Fe de Antioquia (←), Apartadó (↖), Montelíbano (↑), Magangué (↗), Barrancabermeja (→), Medellín (↓), Girardota (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1917.02.05: Established as Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos / Sanctæ Rosæ de Osos (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín and Diocese of Antioquía and became suffragan of Medellín)
1962.10.27: Lost territory to Diocese of Barrancabermeja
1988.06.18: Became suffragan of Santa Fe de Antioquia
2003.11.22: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.04.10 – ...):

Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Rosa de Osos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve (68)
(2025.04.10 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Omnia Christus est nobis

Born:	1958.01.20 (Fredonia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.12.03

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1986.07.05 – 2015.10.15)

Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (2015.10.15 – 2025.04.10)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2025.04.10 – ...)

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero
(2020.10.22 – 2023.07.08)

Aspicientes in Jesum

Born:	1968.11.21 (El Retiro, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.04
Died:	2023.07.08 (El Retiro, Colombia † 54)

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1993.07.01 – 2012.05.28)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (2012.05.28 – 2020.10.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2012.05.28 – 2020.10.22)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2016.07.07 – 2021.07.04)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2020.10.22 – 2023.07.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2022.05.03 – 2023.01.25)

Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (69) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.15 – 2019.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1956.07.29 (El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.01

Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (1982.05.23 – 2003.01.21)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (2003.01.21 – 2011.07.15)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2011.07.15 – 2019.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2019.10.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia) (2020.12.12 – 2021.11.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Ocaña (Colombia) (2023.01.15 – 2024.07.11)

Bishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (85) (later Archbishop)
(1995.06.10 – 2010.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Omnibus omnia factus

Born:	1940.12.02 (Rionegro, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.09

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1966.07.26 – 1988.07.16)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (1988.07.16 – 1995.06.10)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1995.06.10 – 2010.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (2010.11.13 – 2017.11.14)

Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez
(1971.09.29 – 1995.06.10)

Born:	1919.12.13 (Duitama, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.30
Died:	1995.12.29 (La Ceja, Colombia † 76)

Titular Bishop of Minturno (1969.07.28 – 1971.09.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1969.07.28 – 1971.09.29)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1971.09.29 – 1995.06.10)

Venerable Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez
(1924.05.27 – 1971.09.29)

Certa bonum certamen fidei

Born:	1888.09.09 (Donmatías, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1914.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.08.03
Died:	1971.09.29 (Medellín, Colombia † 83)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1924.05.27 – 1971.09.29)

Founder of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions (1927.07.03)

Bishop.

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (later Archbishop)
(1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15)

Ad majorem gloriam Dei

Born:	1861.10.18 (Buga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1885.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.24
Died:	1940.11.07 (Palmira, Colombia † 79)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1911.10.10 – 1917.02.05)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1923.11.15 – 1940.11.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez (1969.07.28 – 1971.09.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, Yarumal, Antioquia
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia
Minor Basilica: Basílica del Señor de los Milagros, San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Santa Fe de Antioquia (←), Apartadó (↖), Montelíbano (↑), Magangué (↗), Barrancabermeja (→), Medellín (↓), Girardota (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,925 km²

Population: 625,156 Catholics (94.1% of 664,162 total)

Pastoral Centres: 77 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 139 priests (129 diocesan, 10 religious), 156 religious (25 brothers, 131 sisters), 46 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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