Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja

Diocese of Barrancabermeja
Dioecesis Barrancabermeiensis
Location
Country  Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Bucaramanga
Statistics
Area 15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
540,000
320,000 (59.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 2 April 1928 (90 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral del Sagrado Corazón
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano, S.D.B.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja (Latin: Barrancabermeiensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the city of Barrancabermeja in Santander State, Colombia.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 430,000 Catholics (71.9% of 598,000 total) on 15,000 km², in 34 parishes and 8 missions, with 71 priests (57 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 44 lay religious (15 brothers, 29 sisters) and 22 seminarians.

History

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Territorial Prelates of Río Magdalena
  • Father Carlo Ilario Currea, Jesuits (S.J.) (1929.01.08 – 1932)
  • Father Raffaello Toro, S.J. (1932.02.20 – 1947)
  • Bishop-elect Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (1947 – 1950.04.18 'see below)
Apostolic Vicar of Barrancabermeja
  • Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (see above 1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27 see below), Titular Bishop of Bela (1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27)
Suffragan Bishops of Barrancabermeja
  • Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (see above 1962.10.27 – 1983.12.23)
  • Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, Eudists (C.I.M.) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25); previously Titular Bishop of Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23); later Metropolitan Archbishop of above Cali (2002.08.17 – retired 2011.05.18), Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29)
  • Jaime Prieto Amaya (1993.11.11 – 2009.12.02), later Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (2008.12.01 – death 2010.08.25), Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2009.09 – 2010.03.30)
  • Apostolic Administrator Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (2009.02 – 2009.12.02), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)
  • Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano, S.D.B. (2009.12.02 – ...), previously Bishop of Tibú (Colombia) (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02)

See also

References

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