The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona ( la, Neo-Pampilonensis) is an

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located in the city of

Nueva Pamplona Pamplona (pronounced ) is a municipality and city in Norte de Santander, Colombia. It is also the fifth most populated municipality in the department. History Colonization The town was founded on 1 November 1549 as Nueva Pamplona del Valle del ...

in Colombia.

History

On 25 September 1835,

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established the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada. It was then a

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of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. The first bishop, José Jorge Torres Estans, a native of Cartagena, ruled from 30 August 1837, to 17 April 1853, when he died at the age of 81, an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira,

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. His successor, José Luis Niño, named vicar Apostolic, was consecrated in October, 1856, and also died an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira, 12 February 1864. The third bishop, Bonifacio Antonio Toscano, governed from 13 October 1865, to his retirement in 1873. He convoked the first diocesan synod, and assisted at the Provincial Council of New Granada in 1868 and at the

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. Indalecio Barreto succeeded him 3 December 1874, and died 19 March 1875, at La Vega near

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. The Bishop of Panamá, Ignacio Antonio Parra, his successor, ruled from 8 June 1876, until his death, 21 February 1908. Bishop Parra had been exiled by the Liberal government from 1877 to 1878. Evaristo Blanco was transferred from the Diocese of Socorro, 15 August 1909. It was elevated to an archdiocese on 29 May 1956.

Bishops

* Bishops of Nueva Pamplona ** José Jorge de Torres y Estans † (21 Nov 1836 – 19 Apr 1853) Died ** José Luis Niño † (27 May 1856 – 19 Apr 1864) Died ** Bonifacio Antonio Toscano † (16 Dec 1864 – 18 Nov 1873) Resigned ** Indalecio Barreto † (16 Jan 1874 – 20 Mar 1875) Died ** Ignacio Antonio Parra † (17 Sep 1875 – 21 Feb 1908) Died ** Evaristo Blanco † (27 Mar 1909 – 15 Sep 1915) Died ** Rafael Afanador y Cadena † (5 Jun 1916 – 29 May 1956) Resigned *

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s of Nueva Pamplona ** Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. † (29 May 1956 – 28 Jun 1959) Died **

Aníbal Muñoz Duque Aníbal Muñoz Duque (3 October 1908 – 15 January 1987) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá. Biography He was born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia as the son of José María Muñoz and Ana Rosa Duque. He was educated ...

† (3 Aug 1959 – 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Apostolic Administrator of

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; future Cardinal ** Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (27 Mar 1968 – 28 Feb 1978) Resigned **

Mario Revollo Bravo Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988. Biography Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy ...

† (28 Feb 1978 – 25 Jun 1984) Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá; future Cardinal **

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† (12 Jan 1985 – 21 Jun 1994) Resigned **

Víctor Manuel López Forero Víctor Manuel López Forero (29 March 1931 – 23 September 2023) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Socorro y San Gil from 1980 to 1985, archbishop of Nueva Pamplona from 1994 to 1998 and archbishop of Buc ...

(21 Jun 1994 – 27 Jun 1998) Appointed, Archbishop of

Bucaramanga Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with 68 ...

Gustavo Martínez Frías Gustavo Martínez Frías (May 30, 1935 - August 29, 2009) was the Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia. Martínez Frías was appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona by Pope John Paul II on March 18, 1999 and installed on May 6, 1999. He remained ...

† (18 Mar 1999 – 29 Aug 2009) Died ** Luis Madrid Merlano (30 Mar 2010 – 6 June 2018) ** Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (15 October 2019 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

* José de Jesús Martinez Vargas † (1949-1951), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá *

Jaime Cristóbal Abril González Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

(2016-2019), appointed Bishop of Arauca

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa, appointed Bishop of Montería in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

* Arauca *

* Ocaña *

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Catholic Hierarchy

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nueva Pamplona Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Pamplona Religious organizations established in 1835 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1835 establishments in the Republic of New Granada 1835 in Colombia