Diocese of Santa Marta
| Diocese of Santa Marta | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Barranquilla |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi |
| Vicar General | Norman de Jesús Pérez Velásquez |
| surface | 11,333 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 855,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 776.858 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 90.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 73 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,248 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 57 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santa Marta |
| Website | Diocese of Santa Marta |
The diocese of Santa Marta ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctae Marthae , Spanish Diócesis de Santa Marta ) is the oldest diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia with its seat in the city of Santa Marta .
history
The diocese of Santa Marta was established on January 10, 1534 by Pope Clement VII from cession of territory from the diocese of Santo Domingo . On September 11, 1562, the diocese of Santa Marta gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada . The diocese of Santa Marta gave on January 17, 1905 parts of its territory to found the Apostolic Vicariate Guajira . Further assignments of territory took place on October 26, 1962 to found the diocese of Ocaña and on January 17, 2006 to found the diocese of El Banco .
The diocese of Santa Marta is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Barranquilla as a suffragan .
Bishops of Santa Marta
- Alfonso de Tobes , 1534–…
- Juan Fernando Angulo , 1536-1542
- Martín de Calatayud OSH , 1543-1548
- Juan de los Barrios OFM , 1552–1564, then Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Juan Méndez de Villafranca OP , 1577-1577
- Sebastián Ocando OFM, 1579-1619
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal , 1621–1625, then Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
- Lucas García Miranda , 1625-1629
- Antonio Corderiña Vega OSA , 1630-1640
- Juan de Espinoza y Orozco OP, 1640-1652
- Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta OP, 1661–1664, then Bishop of Popayán
- Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros , 1664–1666, then Bishop of Popayán
- Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita , 1669–1676, then Bishop of Panamá
- Diego de Baños y Sotomayor , 1677–1683, then Bishop of Caracas
- Antonio Monroy Meneses OdeM , 1715-1738
- José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar , 1740-1742
- Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo , 1755–1763
- Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas OP, 1764–1771, then Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Francisco Javier Calvo , 1771-1773
- Francisco Navarro , 1775-1788
- Anselmo José de Fraga y Marquez , 1790–1792
- José Alejandro de Egües y Villamar , 1792–1796
- Diego Santamaría Cevallos OFM, 1798-1801
- Eugenio de la Santísima Trinidad Sesé CRSA , 1801-1805
- Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo OFM, 1804-1810
- Manuel Redondo y Gómez , 1811-1813
- Antonio Gómez Polanco, OFM, 1819-1820
- José María Esteves , 1827–1834, then Bishop of Antioquía
- José Luis Serrano , 1836-1852
- Bernabé Rojas OP, 1854-1858
- José Romero , 1875-1891
- Rafael Celedón , 1891-1902
- Francisco Simón y Ródenas OFMCap , 1904–1912
- Francisco Cristóbal Toro , 1913–1917, then Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó
- Joaquín Garcia Benitez CIM , 1917–1942, then Archbishop of Medellín
- Bernardo Botero Alvarez CM , 1944–1956, then Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Norberto Forero y García , 1956–1971
- Javier Naranjo Villegas , 1971–1980
- Félix María Torres Parra , 1980–1987, then Archbishop of Barranquilla
- Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi , 1987-2014
- Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval , since 2014
