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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Nueva Pamplona

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Arauca, Cúcuta, Ocaña, Tibú

History

  • 1835.09.25: Established as Diocese of Nueva Pamplona / Neo-Pampilonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • 1956.05.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona / Neo-Pampilonen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (68)Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.09 – ...)

Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías
(1999.03.18 – 2009.08.29)

Born:1935.05.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:1987.02.20
Died:2009.08.29 († 74)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1987.01.16 – 1999.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – 2009.08.29)

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (78)Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (78)
(1994.06.21 – 1998.06.27)

Born:1931.03.29 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1957.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:1977.06.29

Titular Bishop of Afufenia (1977.05.06 – 1980.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1980.12.06)

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1980.12.06 – 1985.06.07)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1985.06.07 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Cilibia (1985.06.07 – 1994.06.21)

Military Ordinary of Obispado Castrense de Colombia (Colombia) (1986.07.21 – 1994.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1994.06.21 – 1998.06.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1998.06.27 – 2009.02.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (2009.05 – 2010.02.02)

Archbishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta
(1985.01.12 – 1994.06.21)

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)

Archbishop Mario Revollo Bravo (later Cardinal)
(1978.02.28 – 1984.06.25)

Vis pacis

Born:1919.06.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1943.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:1973.12.02
Created Cardinal:1988.06.28
Died:1995.11.03 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia (1973.11.13 – 1978.02.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1973.11.13 – 1978.02.28)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1978 – 1984)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1978.02.28 – 1984.06.25)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1984.06.25 – 1985.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1984.06.25 – 1994.12.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1988.06.28 – 1995.11.03)

Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz
(1968.03.27 – 1978.02.28)

Born:1901.12.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1926.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:1953.09.13
Died:1992.08.19 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Vallis (1953.07.07 – 1956.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1953.07.07 – 1956.05.29)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1961.02.12)

Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia) (1961.02.12 – 1968.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1968.03.27 – 1978.02.28)

Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque (later Cardinal)
(1959.08.03 – 1968.03.30)

Jesus Christus et hodie ipse et in sæcula

Born:1908.10.03 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1933.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:1951.05.27
Created Cardinal:1973.03.05
Died:1987.01.15 († 78)

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18)

Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1959.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1959.08.03 – 1968.03.30)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1966 – 1972)

Titular Archbishop of Cariana (1968.03.30 – 1972.07.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1969.02.02 – 1972.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1972.07.29 – 1984.06.25)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1972.07.30 – 1984.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1973.03.05 – 1987.01.15)

Archbishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M.
(1956 – 1959.06.28)

Born:1891.07.10 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1918.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1944.08.24
Died:1959.06.28 († 67)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1944.07.05 – 1956)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1956 – 1959.06.28)

Bishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena (later Archbishop)
(1916.06.04 – 1956)

Born:1871.04.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1898.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1916.09.03
Died:1957.03.05 († 85)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1916.06.04 – 1956)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (1956 – 1957.03.05)

Bishop Evaristo Blanco
(1909.03.27 – 1916)

Born:1855.10.25
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1916 († 61)

Bishop of Socorro (Colombia) (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1909.03.27 – 1916)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra
(1875.09.17 – 1909.08.15)

Born:1824.01.04
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1871.04.16
Died:1909.08.15 († 85)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1870.03.21 – 1875.09.17)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1875.09.17 – 1909.08.15)

Bishop Bonifacio Toscano
(1865.11.14 – 1874.01.16)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1865.11.14 – 1874.01.16)

Titular Bishop of Centuria (1874.01.16 – ?)

Bishop José Luis Niño
(1856 – 1864.02.12)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1856.10
Died:1864.02.12

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1856 – 1864.02.12)

Bishop José Jorge Torres Estans
(1837.08.30 – 1853.04.17)

Born:1772.04.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1853.04.17 († 80)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1837.08.30 – 1853.04.17)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.02.02

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