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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 / Bertraniae 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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tibú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (67)Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. (67)
(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 (60)Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (60)
(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 Chimaera (2000.10.23 – ...)

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

Prelates of Tibú (Roman Rite)

Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (60)Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (60)
(1996.01.05 – 1998.12.29)

(see above)

Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)
(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 – ...)

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. (67)Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (67)
(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. (67)Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (67)
(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)

Ordained Priest:
Died:1979

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

as of 2010.01.30

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