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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)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Palmira (Roman Rite)

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 Urbs Salvia (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 2010.01.30

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