Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
| Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luis Madrid Merlano |
| founding | 1835 |
| surface | 6,571 km² |
| Parishes | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 217.140 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 210.240 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 96.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 69 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,047 |
| Religious sisters | 78 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Pamplona Cathedral |
| address | Carrera 5, Calle 5 N. 4-87 Pamplona Colombia |
| Website | arquipamplona.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Arauca Cúcuta Ocaña Tibú |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona ( lat. : Archidioecesis Neo-Pampilonensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Nueva Pamplona ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Pamplona .
history
On September 25, 1835, the diocese Nueva Pamplona by Pope Gregory XVI. founded out of the archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada ; the first bishop was José Jorge Torres Estans . On May 29, 1956, Pope Pius XII. the appointment to the archbishopric.
The diocese of Socorro (1895), the Prelature of Río Magdalena (1928), the Prelature of Bertrania en el Catatumbo (1951), the Diocese of Bucaramanga (1952) and the Diocese of Cúcuta (1956) were founded from territorial assignments . The dioceses of Arauca , Cúcuta , Ocaña and Tibú were subordinated as suffragan dioceses .
Bishops of Nueva Pamplona
- José Jorge Torres Estans (1837-1853)
- José Luis Niño (1856–1864)
- Bonifacio Antonio Toscano (1865–1874)
- Indalecio Barreto (1874–1875)
- Ignacio Antonio Parra (1875-1909)
- Evaristo Blanco (1909-1916)
- Rafael Afanador y Cadena (1916–1956)
Archbishops of Nueva Pamplona
- Bernardo Botero Alvarez CM (1956-1959)
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1959–1968), later coadjutor-archbishop of Bogotá
- Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1968–1978)
- Mario Revollo Bravo (1978–1984), later Archbishop of Bogotá
- Rafael Sarmiento Peralta (1985-1994)
- Víctor Manuel López Forero (1994–1998), later Archbishop of Bucaramanga
- Gustavo Martínez Frías (1999-2009)
- Luis Madrid Merlano (2010-2018)
- Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (since 2019)