Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil () is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.

History

• 20 March 1895: Established as Diocese of Socorro from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
• 19 January 1928: Renamed as Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Socorro
• Evaristo Blanco (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27), appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
• Francesco Cristoforo Toro (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16), appointed Bishop of Santa Marta
• Antonio Vincenzo Arenas (1914.05.28 – 1922.07.12)
• Bishops of Socorro y San Gil
• Leonida Medina (1923.03.07 – 1947.07.19)
• Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06), appointed Bishop of Tunja
• Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18), appointed Bishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal
• Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1953.02.20 – 1975.10.25)
• Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1975.10.25 – 1980.01.19)
• Víctor Manuel López Forero (1980.12.06 – 1985.06.07), appointed Bishop of Colombia, Military
• Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03), appointed Bishop of Magangué
• Ismael Rueda Sierra (2003.06.27 – 2009.02.13), appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga
• Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2010.02.02 – 2019.12.12)
• Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (2019.12.12 - Present)

Coadjutor bishops

• Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1942–1947)
• Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1972–1975)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Rafael Afanador y Cadena, appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 1916
• José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, appointed Bishop of Duitama in 1955
• José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto in 1955; future Cardinal
• Gustavo Martínez Frías, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 1987
• Luis José Rueda Aparicio, appointed Bishop of Montelibano in 2012

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org