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Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

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Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

Dioecesis Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceBucaramanga
Statistics
Area12,250 km2 (4,730 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
254,3818
246,749 (96%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 March 1895 (129 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil
Co-cathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLuis Augusto Campos Flórez
Metropolitan ArchbishopIsmael Rueda Sierra
Bishops emeritusCarlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesocorroysangil.org

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.

History

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  • 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

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Ordinaries

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  • 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

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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See also

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