Diocese of Santa Marta, Colombia

Bishops of Santa Marta (Roman Rite)

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 Oppidum Consilinum (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)
(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)

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)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1956 – 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
Consecrated Bishop:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

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

Bishop Giuseppe Romero
(1875.07.05 – ?)

Born:	1815 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

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
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

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

Bishop Manuel Redondo y Gómez
(1811.04.19 – ?)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1665
Died:	1708.06.28 († 78)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1664.10.06 – 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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)

Ordained Priest:
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)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
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)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
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)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
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)
Ordained Priest:
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)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1542.07

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

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