Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bucaramanga |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Augusto Campos Flórez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz |
| founding | 1895 |
| surface | 6,734 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 296,400 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 285,360 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 96.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,692 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 115 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro |
| Co-cathedral | Catedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdesocorroysangil.org/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil ( lat. : Dioecesis Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii , span. : Diócesis de Socorro y San Gil ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Socorro and San Gil .
history
The diocese Socorro y San Gil was on March 20, 1895 by Pope Leo XIII. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Nueva Pamplona as a diocese Socorro . The diocese of Socorro was renamed on January 19, 1928 in the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil . On April 2, 1928, the diocese Socorro y San Gil gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the territorial prelature Río Magdalena . Another assignment of territory took place on May 14, 2003 to establish the diocese of Vélez .
The diocese of Socorro y San Gil is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Socorro
- Evaristo Blanco , 1897–1909, then Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
- Francisco Cristóbal Toro , 1910–1913, then Bishop of Santa Marta
- Antonio Vincenzo Arenas , 1914-1922
- Leonida Medina , 1923-1928
Bishops of Socorro y San Gil
- Leonida Medina, 1928-1947
- Ángel Maria Ocampo Berrio SJ , 1947–1950, then Bishop of Tunja
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque , 1951–1952, then Bishop of Bucaramanga
- Pedro José Rivera Mejía , 1953-1975
- Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano , 1975–1980
- Víctor Manuel López Forero , 1980–1985, then military bishop of Colombia
- Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna OP , 1986–2001, then Bishop of Magangué
- Ismael Rueda Sierra , 2003–2009, then Archbishop of Bucaramanga
- Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz , 2010–2019
- Luis Augusto Campos Flórez , since 2019