Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Socorro_y_San_Gil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

Diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil (Latin: Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii) is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.

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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

See also

Sources

    Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Socorro.


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