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Diocese of

Tibú

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nueva Pamplona

History

  • 1951.08.01: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo / Bertraniæ in Catatumbo (Latin) (from Diocese of Nueva Pamplona)
  • 1983.11.16: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Tibú / Tibuen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1998.12.29: Promoted as Diocese of Tibú / Tibuen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.08 – ...):Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (48)Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (48)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tibú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (48)Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (48)
(2011.06.08 – ...)

Born:1963.09.20 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1990.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:2011.08.08

Bishop of Tibú (Colombia) (2011.06.08 – ...)

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (82)Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.03 – 2011.06.08)

Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (69)Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (69)
(2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02)

Born:1942.09.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:2001.06.06

Bishop of Tibú (Colombia) (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (2009.12.02 – ...)

Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (62)Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (62)
(1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23)

Born:1949.08.15 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1975.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1996.03.02

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)

Bishop of Tibú (Colombia) (1998.12.29 – 2000.10.23)

Titular Bishop of Chimæra (2000.10.23 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia) (2000.10.23 – ...)

Prelates of Tibú (Roman Rite)

Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (62)Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (62)
(1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)

(see above)

Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (65)Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (65) (later Archbishop)
(1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19)

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 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Cúcuta (Colombia) (2010.09.01 – 2011.07.16)

Bishop Horacio Olave Velandia
(1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)

Born:1944.07.03 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.01.03
Consecrated Bishop:1988.02.21
Died:1988.03.17 († 43)

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)

Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (69)Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (69)
(1985.04.15 – 1986.03.06)

Born:1942.11.07 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1968.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:1985.07.09

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1980.10.09 – 1985.04.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1985.04.15 – 1986.03.06)

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03)

Bishop of Magangué (Colombia) (2001.11.03 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (69)Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (69)
(1980.10.09 – 1985.04.15)

(see above)

Prelates of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P.
(1953.09.13 – 1979)

Died:1979

Bishop-Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (Colombia) (1953.09.13 – 1979)


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