The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil ( la, Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the cities of
Socorro and
San Gil in the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
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 6 ...
in Colombia.
History
* 20 March 1895: Established as Diocese of Socorro from the
Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
* 19 January 1928: Renamed as Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Bishops
Ordinaries
* Bishops of Socorro
**Evaristo Blanco (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27), appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
**Francesco Cristoforo Toro (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16), appointed Bishop of Santa Marta
**Antonio Vincenzo Arenas (1914.05.28 – 1922.07.12)
* Bishops of Socorro y San Gil
**Leonida Medina (1923.03.07 – 1947.07.19)
**Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio,
S.J. (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06), appointed Bishop of Tunja
**
Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18), appointed Bishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal
**Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1953.02.20 – 1975.10.25)
**Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1975.10.25 – 1980.01.19)
**Víctor Manuel López Forero (1980.12.06 – 1985.06.07), appointed Bishop of Colombia, Military
**Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna,
O.P. (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03), appointed Bishop of Magangué
**Ismael Rueda Sierra (2003.06.27 – 2009.02.13), appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga
**Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2010.02.02 – 2019.12.12)
**Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (2019.12.12 - Present)
Coadjutor bishops
*
Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1942-1947)
*
Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1972-1975)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Rafael Afanador y Cadena, appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 1916
*
José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, appointed Bishop of Duitama in 1955
*
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto in 1955; future Cardinal
*
Gustavo Martínez Frías, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 1987
*
Luis José Rueda Aparicio
Luis José Rueda Aparicio (born 3 March 1962) is a Colombian prelate who is Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán from 2018 to 2020 and Bishop of Montelíbano from 2012 to 2018.
Pope Francis plans to m ...
, appointed Bishop of Montelibano in 2012
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses ...
Sources
External links
Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Bucaramanga
Religious organizations established in 1895
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
1895 establishments in Colombia
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