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Diocese of

Barrancabermeja

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Bucaramanga

History

  • 1928.04.02: Established as Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona and Diocese of Socorro y San Gil)
  • 1950.04.18: Demoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Barrancabermeja / Barrancabermeien(sis) (Latin)
  • 1962.10.27: Promoted as Diocese of Barrancabermeja / Barrancabermeien(sis) (Latin)
  • 1984.03.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barrancabermeja (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (67)Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (67)
(2009.12.02 – ...)

Born:1942.09.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:2001.06.06

Bishop of Tibú (Colombia) (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (2009.12.02 – ...)

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (80)Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.02 – 2009.12.02)

Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)
(1993.11.11 – 2008.12.01)

Born:1941.03.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1965.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:1993.12.11

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1993.11.11 – 2008.12.01)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (2008.12.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2009.09 – 2010.03.30)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (71)Bishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (71) (later Archbishop)
(1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25)

Born:1938.07.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1978.05.06

Titular Bishop of Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2002.08.17 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29)

Bishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J.
(1962.10.27 – 1983.12.23)

Born:1908.08.21
Ordained Priest:1938.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:1950.06.11
Died:1993.02.04 († 84)

Bishop-Prelate of Río Magdalena (Colombia) (1947 – 1950.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Bela (1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1962.10.27 – 1983.12.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Barrancabermeja (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J.
(1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27)

(see above)

Prelates of Río Magdalena (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J.
(1947 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Fr. Raffaello Toro, S.J.
(1932.02.20 – 1947)

Died:1947

Bishop-Prelate of Río Magdalena (Colombia) (1932.02.20 – 1947)

Fr. Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J.
(1929.01.08 – 1932)

Born:1879.01.14 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1909
Died:1932 († 53)

Bishop-Prelate of Río Magdalena (Colombia) (1929.01.08 – 1932)


as of 2010.07.20

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