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Diocese of

Santa Marta

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Barranquilla

History

  • 1534.01.10: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta / Sanctae Marthae (Latin) (from Diocese of Santo Domingo)
  • 1562.09.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
  • 1905.01.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira
  • 1962.10.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ocaña
  • 2006.01.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of El Banco

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Marta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (74)Bishop Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (74)
(1987.12.04 – ...)

Born:1935.10.21 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1978.02.18

Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina (1977.12.09 – 1987.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1977.12.09 – 1987.12.04)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1987.12.04 – ...)

Bishop Félix María Torres Parra (later Archbishop)
(1980.12.11 – 1987.05.11)

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

Titular Bishop of Cellae 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)

Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas (91)Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas (91)
(1971.06.02 – 1980.07.24)

Born:1919.01.21 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1971.06.29

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1971.06.02 – 1980.07.24)

Bishop Norberto Forero y García
(1956.05.27 – 1971.06.02)

Born:1895.03.05 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1919.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1951.09.09
Died:1981.03.09 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Hilta (1951.07.07 – 1956.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1951.07.07 – 1956.05.27)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1956.05.27 – 1971.06.02)

Bishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1944.07.05 – 1956.05.29)

Born:1891.07.10 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1918.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1944.08.24
Died:1959.06.28 († 67)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1944.07.05 – 1956.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1959.06.28)

Bishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M. (later Archbishop)
(1917.09.17 – 1942.05.14)

Born:1883.04.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1909.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1918.02.17
Died:1958.09.01 († 75)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1917.09.17 – 1942.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1957.11.28 – 1958.09.01)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa
(1913.12.16 – 1917.02.08)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1869.04.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1894.12.22
Died:1942 († 73)

Bishop of Socorro (Colombia) (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1913.12.16 – 1917.02.08)

Bishop of Antioquía–Jericó (Colombia) (1917.02.08 – 1941.07.03)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1941.07.03 – 1942)

Bishop Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap.
(1904.06.11 – 1912.12.02)

Born:1849.10.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1904.10.30
Died:1914.08.22 († 64)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1904.06.11 – 1912.12.02)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1912.12.02 – 1914.08.22)

Bishop Raffaele Celedón
(1891.12.17 – ?)

Born:1833.01.02 (Italy)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1891.12.17 – ?)

Bishop Giuseppe Romero
(1875.07.05 – ?)

Born:1815 (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Dibon (1866.01.08 – 1875.07.05)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1875.07.05 – ?)

Bishop Luigi-Giuseppe Serrano
(1836.02.01 – ?)

Born:1777.08.25

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1836.02.01 – ?)

Bishop Manuel Redondo y Gómez
(1811.04.19 – ?)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1811.04.19 – ?)

Bishop Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo, O.F.M.
(1804.08.20 – 1810.08.04)

Born:1753.07.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1808.11.20
Died:1810.08.04 († 57)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1804.08.20 – 1810.08.04)

Bishop Eugenio de la Santísima Trinidad Sesé, O.A.R.
(1801.09.20 – 1805.10.31)

Born:1750.12.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1803.01.30
Died:1805.10.31 († 54)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1801.09.20 – 1805.10.31)

Bishop Diego Santamaría Cevallos, O.F.M.
(1798.04.17 – 1801.10.10)

Born:1740.07.15 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1798.07.08
Died:1801.10.10 († 61)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1798.04.17 – 1801.10.10)

Bishop Francisco Javier Calvo
(1771.03.04 – 1773.12.22)

Born:1728.06.27 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1771.11
Died:1773.12.22 († 45)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1771.03.04 – 1773.12.22)

Bishop Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo
(1755.08.04 – 1763.04.04)

Born:1703.09.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1756.01.04
Died:1763.04.04 († 59)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1755.08.04 – 1763.04.04)

Bishop José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar
(1740.11.11 – 1742)

Born:1690 (Venezuela)
Consecrated Bishop:1741.08.27
Died:1742 († 52)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1740.11.11 – 1742)

Bishop Antonio Monroy Meneses, O. de M.
(1715.08.12 – 1738.09.01)

Born:1673.10.16 (Spain)
Died:1744 († 71)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1715.08.12 – 1738.09.01)

Bishop Diego de Baños y Sotomayor
(1677.09.13 – 1683.02.15)

Born:1637 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:1677.11.21
Died:1706.05.15 († 69)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1677.09.13 – 1683.02.15)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1683.02.15 – 1706.05.15)

Bishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (later Archbishop)
(1664.10.06 – 1672.02.08)

Born:1629.12.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1665
Died:1708.06.28 († 78)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1664.10.06 – 1672.02.08)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1666 – 1672.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1672.02.08 – 1677.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1677.06.14 – 1708.06.28)

Bishop Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
(1660 – 1677)

Born:1624 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1660
Died:1688 († 64)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1660 – 1677)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1677 – 1688)

Bishop Antonio Corderina Vega, O.S.A.
(1630.12.16 – 1642.05.26)

Born:1570 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1631
Died:1649 († 79)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1630.12.16 – 1642.05.26)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1642.05.26 – 1649)

Bishop Lucas García Miranda
(1625.12.15 – 1629)

Born:1587 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1626
Died:1629 († 42)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1625.12.15 – 1629)

Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
(1621.03.17 – 1625.12.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1622.07.15
Died:1637

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1621.03.17 – 1625.12.01)

Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) (1625.12.01 – 1629.12.17)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1629.12.17 – 1636.02.18)

Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1636.02.18 – 1637)

Bishop Sebastián Ocando, O.F.M.
(1579.02.06 – 1619.06.21)

Died:1619.06.21

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1579.02.06 – 1619.06.21)

Bishop Juan Méndez de Villafranca, O.P.
(1577.04.14 – 1577.12)

Died:1577.12

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1577.04.14 – 1577.12)

Bishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1552.04.02 – 1564.03.22)

Born:1496 (Spain)
Died:1569.02.12 († 73)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1547.07.01 – 1552.04.02)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1552.04.02 – 1564.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1564.03.22 – 1569.02.12)

Bishop Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H.
(1543.12.19 – 1548.11.09)

Born:1501 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1547.12
Died:1548.11.09 († 47)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1543.12.19 – 1548.11.09)

Bishop Juan Fernando Angulo
(1536.09.06 – 1542.07)

Died:1542.07

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1536.09.06 – 1542.07)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.07.20

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