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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, and from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cúcuta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)
(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 Oscar Urbina Ortega (63)Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (63) (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 – 2010.07.08)

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

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2010.07.08 – ...)

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 – 2010.07.08)

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 2010.07.20

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