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Diocese of

Sincelejo

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cartagena

History

  • 1969.04.25: Established as Diocese of Sincelejo / Sinceleien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1992.04.29 – ...):Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria (70)Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sincelejo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria (70)Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria (70)
(1992.04.29 – ...)

Born:1941.12.24 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1992.06.06

Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) (1992.04.29 – ...)

Bishop Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B.
(1981.08.03 – 1990.09.16)

Born:1924.04.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1950.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1981.09.20
Died:1990.09.16 († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1973.09.14 – 1981.08.03)

Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) (1981.08.03 – 1990.09.16)

Bishop Félix María Torres Parra (later Archbishop)
(1969.04.25 – 1980.12.11)

Born:1923.07.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1946.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1966.07.24
Died:2007.04.03 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1966.06.04 – 1969.04.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1966.06.04 – 1969.04.25)

Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) (1969.04.25 – 1980.12.11)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1980.12.11 – 1987.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1987.05.11 – 1999.03.18)

as of 2012.01.15

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