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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)

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 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)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)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.01.30

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