Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

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 (2004%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 March 1895 (129 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro
Co-cathedral	Catedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesocorroysangil.org

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.

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

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Socorro (Roman rite)
  • Evaristo Blanco (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27)
  • Francesco Cristoforo Toro (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16)
  • Antonio Vincenzo Arenas (1914.05.28 – 1922.07.12)
• Bishops of Socorro y San Gil (Roman rite)
  • Leonida Medina (1923.03.07 – 1947.07.19)
  • Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06)
  • Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18)
  • 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)
  • Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03)
  • Ismael Rueda Sierra (2003.06.27 – 2009.02.13)
  • Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2010.02.02 – Present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org