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Diocese of

Palmira

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cali

History

  • 1952.12.17: Established as Diocese of Palmira / Palmiran(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Cali and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán)
  • 1966.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Buga

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Palmira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (63)Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (63)
(2010.05.24 – ...)

Born:1946.10.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:1992.09.08

Titular Bishop of Fordongianus (1992.07.08 – 2002.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1992.07.08 – 2002.10.28)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia) (2002.10.28 – 2010.05.24)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2010.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Abraham Escudero Montoya
(2007.02.02 – 2009.11.06)

Born:1940.01.24 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1986.06.21
Died:2009.11.06 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Risinium (1986.05.22 – 1990.04.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1986.05.22 – 1990.04.30)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1990.04.30 – 2007.02.02)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2007.02.02 – 2009.11.06)

Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (63)Bishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (63) (later Archbishop)
(2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Born:1947.01.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:1998.03.25

Titular Bishop of Thuccabora (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2007.01.12 – ...)

Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna
(1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13)

Born:1927.11.21 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1953.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1974.07.29
Died:2005.06.10 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1974.06.20 – 1982.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombia (Colombia) (1974.06.20 – 1982.05.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1982.05.03 – 1983.08.20)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra
(1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20)

Born:1908.06.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1948.10.31
Died:1991.04.01 († 82)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1948.08.19 – 1952.12.18)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.07.20

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