The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja ( la, Barrancabermeiensis) is a Latin

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diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the

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, in the city of Barrancabermeja in Santander State,

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Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 430,000 Catholics (71.9% of 598,000 total) on 15,000 km², in 34 parishes and 8 missions, with 71 priests (57 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 44 lay religious (15 brothers, 29 sisters) and 22 seminarians.

History

* Established on 2 April 1928 as Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena, named after the Magdalena River, on canonical territories split off from the

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and

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* Promoted on 18 April 1950 and renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Barrancabermeja * Promoted on 27 October 1962 as Diocese of Barrancabermeja

Bishops

(all Latin Rite)

Ordinaries

;''Territorial Prelates of Río Magdalena'' * Father Carlo Ilario Currea, Jesuits (S.J.) (1929.01.08 – 1932) * Father Raffaello Toro, S.J. (1932.02.20 – 1947) * Bishop-elect Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (1947 – 1950.04.18 ''see below'') ;'' Apostolic Vicar of Barrancabermeja'' * Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (''see above'' 1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Bela (1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Barrancabermeja'' * Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (''see above'' 1962.10.27 – 1983.12.23) * Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo,

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(C.I.M.) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25); previously Titular Bishop of Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Colombia) (2008.12.01 – death 2010.08.25), Apostolic Administrator of

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(Colombia) (2009.09 – 2010.03.30) *'' Apostolic Administrator Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (2009.02 – 2009.12.02), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12) * Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano,

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(2009.12.02 – 2020.05.29), previously Bishop of

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(Colombia) (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02) * Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez (2020.05.29 -)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Bishop of Granada en Colombia in 2002 *

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, appointed Bishop of Tumaco in 2017

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Bucaramanga Christian organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub