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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)
  • 1895.03.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Socorro
  • 1928.04.02: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Río Magdalena
  • 1945.06.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca
  • 1951.08.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo
  • 1952.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bucaramanga
  • 1956.05.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona / Neo-Pampilonen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca, and lost territory to establish Diocese of Cúcuta)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)
(2010.03.30 – ...)

Born:1946.10.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1988.07.03

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19)

Bishop of Cartago (Colombia) (1995.04.19 – 2010.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2010.03.30 – ...)

Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.09 – 2010.03.30)

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 (79)Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (79)
(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.
(1956.05.29 – 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 – 1956.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1959.06.28)

Bishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena (later Archbishop)
(1916.06.04 – 1956.05.29)

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 – 1956.05.29)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (1956.05.29 – 1957.03.05)

Bishop Evaristo Blanco
(1909.03.27 – 1915.09.15)

Born:1855.10.25
Died:1915.09.15 († 59)

Bishop of Socorro (Colombia) (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1909.03.27 – 1915.09.15)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra
(1875.09.17 – 1909.08.15)

Born:1824.01.04
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)

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

Titular Bishop of Centuria (1874.01.16 – ?)

Bishop José Luis Niño
(1856.05.27 – 1864.02.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1856.10
Died:1864.02.12

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1856.05.27 – 1864.02.12)

Bishop José Jorge Torres Estans
(1837.08.30 – 1853.04.17)

Born:1772.04.22 (Colombia)
Died:1853.04.17 († 80)

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

Former Prelates

as of 2010.07.20

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