Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona

Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona Archidioecesis Neo-Pampilonensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Statistics
Area	6,571 km2 (2,537 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 197,594 192,207 (97.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral de Santa Clara
Current leadership
Bishop	Luis Madrid Merlano

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona (Latin: Neo-Pampilonen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

History

• September 25, 1835: Established as Diocese of Nueva Pamplona from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada. It was then a suffragan of the Archdioces of Bogotá. The first.bishop, José Jorge Torres Estans, a native of Cartagena, ruled from 30 August 1837, to 17 April 1853, when he died at the age of 81, an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira, Venezuela. His successor, José Luis Niño, named vicar Apostolic, was consecrated in October, 1856, and also died an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira, 12 February 1864. The third bishop, Bonifacio Antonio Toscano, governed from 13 October 1865, to his retirement in 1873. He convoked the first diocesan synod, and assisted at the Provincial Council of New Granada in 1868 and at the First Vatican Council. Indalecio Barreto succeeded him 3 December 1874, and died 19 March 1875, at La Vega near Cúcuta. The Bishop of Panamá, Ignacio Antonio Parra, his successor, ruled from 8 June 1876, until his death, 21 February 1908. Bishop Parra had been exiled by the Liberal government from 1877 to 1878. Evaristo Blanco was transferred from the Diocese of Socorro, 15 August 1909.

• May 29, 1956: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona

Leadership

• Archbishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (2010.03.30 – )
  • Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías (1999.03.18 – 2009.08.29)
  • Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (1994.06.21 – 1998.06.27)
  • Archbishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta (1985.01.12 – 1994.06.21)
  • Cardinal Mario Revollo Bravo (1978.02.28 – 1984.06.25)
  • Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1968.03.27 – 1978.02.28)
  • Cardinal Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1959.08.03 – 1968.03.30)
  • Archbishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. (1956–1959.06.28)
• Bishops of Nueva Pamplona (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena (1916.06.04 – 1956)
  • Bishop Evaristo Blanco (1909.03.27 – 1916)
  • Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra (1875.09.17 – 1909.08.15)
  • Bishop Bonifacio Toscano (1865.11.14 – 1874.01.16)

Suffragan dioceses

• Arauca
• Cúcuta
• Ocaña
• Tibú

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nueva Pamplona". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.