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Diocese of

Girardota

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Medellín

History

  • 1988.06.18: Established as Diocese of Girardota / Girardotanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Girardota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (63)Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (63)
(2010.02.02 – ...)

Born:1946.08.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1970.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2006.03.10

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2006.01.17 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2010.02.02 – ...)

Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (62)Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.10 – 2010.02.02)

Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (62)Bishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (62) (later Archbishop)
(2006.07.11 – 2009.07.16)

Born:1947.08.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1974.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.11

Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2006.07.11 – 2009.07.16)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2009.07.16 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Girardota (Colombia) (2009.10 – 2010.02.02)

Fr. Óscar González Villa (60)Fr. Óscar González Villa (60)
(2006.04.24 – 2006.06.10 not possessed)

Born:1949.05.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1973.11.17

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2006.04.24 – 2006.06.10 not possessed)

Bishop Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (67)Bishop Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (67)
(1998.02.21 – 2005.05.13)

Born:1942.12.24 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1998.03.26

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (1998.02.21 – 2005.05.13)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (2005.05.13 – ...)

Bishop Oscar Angel Bernal
(1988.06.18 – 1996.07.04)

Born:1938.08.20 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1962.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1986.02.22
Died:1996.07.04 († 57)

Titular Bishop of Tisili (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sonsón – Rionegro (Colombia) (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1996.07.04)


as of 2010.02.26

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