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Diocese of

Neiva

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibagué

History

  • 1972.07.24: Established as Diocese of Neiva / Neiven(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Garzón-Neiva)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Neiva (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. (74)Bishop Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. (74)
(2001.01.19 – ...)

Born:1935.08.31 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1961.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:1977.06.29

Titular Bishop of Timici (1977.05.06 – 1984.03.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1984.03.23)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1984.03.23 – 2001.01.19)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (2001.01.19 – ...)

Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez
(1985.07.01 – 2001.01.19)

Born:1924.12.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1972.06.15
Died:2002.02.14 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Auca (1972.04.26 – 1974.12.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1972.04.26 – 1974.12.12)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1974.12.12 – 1985.07.01)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (1985.07.01 – 2001.01.19)

Bishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta (later Archbishop)
(1972.07.24 – 1985.01.12)

Born:1914.11.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1938.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:1963.01.06
Died:2000.04.25 († 85)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1962.10.26 – 1972.07.24)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (1972.07.24 – 1985.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1985.01.12 – 1994.06.21)

as of 2010.07.20

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