Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

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

Diocese of Socorro y San Gil Dioecesis Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bucaramanga
Statistics
Area	12,250 km2 (4,730 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 254,3818 246,749 (96%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 March 1895 (129 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil
Co-cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ismael Rueda Sierra
Bishops emeritus	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesocorroysangil.org

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^{[self-published source?]}
• GCatholic.org