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

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in the

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the city of

Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja is a city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeja ...

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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

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of Río Magdalena, named after the

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, on canonical territories split off from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona 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

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)

Ordinaries

;''Territorial Prelates of Río Magdalena'' * Father Carlo Ilario Currea,

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(S.J.) (1929.01.08 – 1932) * Father Raffaello Toro, S.J. (1932.02.20 – 1947) *

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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''),

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(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

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(1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (1993.03.25 - 2002.08.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Cali (2002.08.17 – retired 2011.05.18),

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of Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29) *

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(1993.11.11 – 2009.12.02), later 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) *''

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, S.D.B. (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

* José Figueroa Gómez, appointed Bishop of Granada en Colombia in 2002 * Orlando Olave Villanoba, 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