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Diocese of

Duitama–Sogamoso

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Tunja

Website: Link

History

  • 1955.03.07: Established as Diocese of Duitama / Duitamen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tunja)
  • 1994.06.04: Renamed as Diocese of Duitama–Sogamoso / Duitamen(sis)–Sogamosen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Duitama–Sogamoso (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (70)Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (70)
(1994.06.21 – ...)

Born:1939.12.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1966.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:1988.02.20

Titular Bishop of Baliana (1988.01.20 – 1994.06.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1988.01.20 – 1994.06.21)

Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (1994.06.21 – ...)

Bishop Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. (92)Bishop Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. (92)
(1981.07.30 – 1994.06.21)

Born:1918.01.18 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1947.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:1973.03.24

Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1964.01.16 – 1973.02.10)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (1973.02.10 – 1981.07.30)

Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (1981.07.30 – 1994.06.21)

Bishops of Duitama (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julio Franco Arango
(1964.06.04 – 1980.09.16)

Born:1914.03.03 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1938.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1964.08.15
Died:1980.09.16 († 66)

Bishop of Duitama (Colombia) (1964.06.04 – 1980.09.16)

Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández (later Archbishop)
(1955.03.07 – 1964.03.17)

Born:1916.11.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1940.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1955.04.24
Died:1996.06.22 († 79)

Bishop of Duitama (Colombia) (1955.03.07 – 1964.03.17)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1964.03.17 – 1974.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25)


as of 2010.07.20

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