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Diocese of

Cúcuta

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nueva Pamplona

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History

  • 1956.05.29: Established as Diocese of Cúcuta / Cucuten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cúcuta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (68)Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (68)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (62)Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (62) (later Archbishop)
(1999.11.09 – 2007.11.30)

Born:1947.04.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1973.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1996.04.13

Titular Bishop of Forconium (1996.03.08 – 1999.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1996.03.08 – 1999.11.09)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1999.11.09 – 2007.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia) (2007.11.30 – ...)

Archbishop Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez (67)Bishop Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez (67) (later Archbishop)
(1992.02.11 – 1999.03.18)

Born:1942.09.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1992.03.25

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1992.02.11 – 1999.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – ...)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (2008.07 – ...)

Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (75)Bishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (75) (later Archbishop)
(1983.07.26 – 1990.12.18)

Born:1934.10.07 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1958.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:1974.09.15

Titular Bishop of Obba (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1983.07.26)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1983.07.26 – 1990.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1990.12.18 – 1997.02.13)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1996 – 2002)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (77)Bishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (77) (later Cardinal)
(1971.06.02 – 1983.03.26)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:1932.09.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1956.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1972.07.11
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1971.06.02 – 1983.03.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1983.03.26 – 1985.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1990 – 1996)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1994.12.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (2001.02.21 [2001.02.25] – ...)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (2002 – 2005)

Bishop Pablo Correa León
(1959.07.22 – 1970.07.27)

Born:1918.06.05 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1941.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:1957.02.25
Died:1980.08.19 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1956.11.10 – 1959.07.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1956.11.10 – 1959.07.22)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1959.07.22 – 1970.07.27)

Titular Bishop of Columnata (1970.07.27 – 1970.12.22)

Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M.
(1956 – 1959.06.28)

Born:1894.08.25 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1918.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:1946.01.06
Died:1959.06.28 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1945.11.03 – 1956)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1945.11.03 – 1956)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1956 – 1959.06.28)

as of 2010.03.13

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