Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta

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Denomination Roman Catholic Established 10 January 1534 Country Colombia Bishop Ugo Puccini Banfi		Rite Latin Rite Area 14,216 km² Patron saint Martha

Territory The Municipalities of Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Aracataca, Zona Bananera and Pueblo Viejo. Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)780,000680,000 (87.2%) Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Saint Martha in Santa Marta Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barranquilla

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta (Latin: Sanctae Marthae) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia.

History

January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from the Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

Ordinaries

Alfonso de Tobes (Appointed 1534 - Did Not Take Effect)

Juan Fernando Angulo (1536–42 Died)

Martín de Calatayud (1543–48 Died)

Juan de los Barrios (1552–64 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)

Juan Méndez de Villafranca (1577–77 Died)

Sebastián Ocando (1579–1619 Died)

Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1621–25 Appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)

Lucas García Miranda (1625–29 Died)

Antonio Corderiña Vega (1630–40 Resigned)

Juan de Espinoza y Orozco (1642–51 Died)

Francisco de la Cruz (1658–60 Died)

Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta (1661–63 Died)

Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1664–68 Appointed Bishop of Popayán)

Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1668–76 Appointed Bishop of Panamá)

Diego de Baños y Sotomayor (1677–83 Appointed Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)

Gregorius Jacobus Pastrana (1684–90 Died)

Juan Víctores de Velasco (1694–1707 Appointed Bishop of Trujillo)

Ludovicus de Gayoso (1713–13 Died)

Antonio Monroy y Meneses (1715–38 Resigned)

José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar (1740–42 Died)

Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila (1743–46 Confirmed Bishop of Quito)

José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (1746–53 Confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)

Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo (1755–63 Died)

Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas (1764–71 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)

Francisco Javier Calvo (1771–73 Died)

Francisco Navarro (1775–88 Died)

Anselmo José de Fraga y Márquez (1790–92 Died)

José Alejandro de Egües y Villamar (1792–96 Died)

Diego Santamaría Cevallos (1798–1801 Died)

Eugenio Sesé, C.R.S.A. (1801–03 Died)

Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo (1804–10 Died)

Manuel Redondo y Gómez (1811–13 Died)

Antonio Gómez Polanco (1817–20 Died)

José María Estévez (1827–34 Died)

José Luis Serrano (1836 Appointed - 12 May 1852 Died)

Bernabé Rojas (1854–58 Died)

Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (1859–64 Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)

José Romero (1864–91 Died)

Rafael Celedón (1891–1902 Died)

Francisco Simón y Ródenas (1904 1912 Resigned)

Francisco Cristóbal Toro (1913–17 Appointed Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó)

Joaquín Garcia Benitez (1917–42 Appointed Archbishop of Medellín)

Bernardo Botero Álvarez (1944–56 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona)

Norberto Forero y García (1956–71 Retired)

Javier Naranjo Villegas (1971–80 Resigned)

Félix María Torres Parra (1980–87 Appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla)

Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (1987–2014 Retired)

Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (2014–present)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta Wikipedia

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