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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta ( la, Cucutensis) is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Cúcuta Cúcuta (), officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander and nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The city is located in the homonymous valley, at the foot of the Eastern ...
in the
ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
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

*29 May 1956: Established as Diocese of Cúcuta from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona


Ordinaries

*Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † (29 May 1956 – 28 Jun 1959) Died *Pablo Correa León † (22 Jul 1959 – 27 Jul 1970) Resigned * Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (2 Jun 1971 – 26 Mar 1983) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of
Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...
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Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS (October 7, 1934 – July 21, 2021) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, prelate, and member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. Giraldo served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiq ...
, P.S.S. (26 Jul 1983 – 18 Dec 1990) Appointed, Archbishop of
Popayán Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian departments of Colombia, department of Cauca Department, Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between the Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), Western Mountain Range and Cordillera Central (Colo ...
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Rubén Salazar Gómez Jesús Rubén Darío Salazar Gómez (; born 22 September 1942) is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá from 2010 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Barra ...
(11 Feb 1992 – 18 Mar 1999) Appointed, Archbishop of
Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...
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Oscar Urbina Ortega Oscar Urbina Ortega (born 13 April 1947) is a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Archbishop of Villavicencio. Biography Oscar Urbina Ortega was born in Arboledas, and ordained to the priesthood by Arch ...
(9 Nov 1999 – 30 Nov 2007) Appointed, Archbishop of
Villavicencio Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 531,275 inhabitants in 2018.https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacion ...
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Jaime Prieto Amaya Jaime Prieto Amaya (June 27, 1941 – August 25, 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regio ...
† (1 Dec 2008 – 25 Aug 2010) Died *Julio César Vidal Ortiz (16 Jul 2011 – 24 Jul 2015) Resigned *Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (24 Jul 2015 – 7 Dec 2020) Appointed, Bishop of Colombia, Military *José Libardo Garcés Monsalve (4 Oct 2021 – present)


See also

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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


GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Pamplona Christian organizations established in 1956 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub