Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona 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 CartagenaCartagena, ColombiaCartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
, ruled from 30 August 1837, to 17 April 1853, when he died at the age of 81, an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira, VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. 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 CouncilFirst Vatican CouncilThe First Vatican Council was convoked by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868, after a period of planning and preparation that began on 6 December 1864. This twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held three centuries after the Council of Trent, opened on 8 December 1869 and adjourned...
. Indalecio Barreto succeeded him 3 December 1874, and died 19 March 1875, at La VegaLa VegaLa Vega is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1992 it included what is now Monseñor Nouel province.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
near CúcutaCúcutaCúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
. 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
- ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
s of Nueva Pamplona (Roman rite)- Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (2010.03.30 – )
- Archbishop Gustavo Martínez FríasGustavo Martínez FríasGustavo Martínez Frías was the Colombian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona. Martínez Frías was appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona by Pope John Paul II on March 18, 1999 and installed on May 6, 1999...
(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)
- CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Mario Revollo BravoMario Revollo BravoMario Revollo Bravo was a Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá in the Roman Catholic Church.Born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained October 31, 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia...
(1978.02.28 – 1984.06.25) - Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1968.03.27 – 1978.02.28)
- Cardinal Aníbal Muñoz DuqueAnibal Muñoz DuqueAníbal Muñoz Duque was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and former Archbishop of Bogotá.He was born in Santa Rosa de Osos Colombia as the son of José María Muñoz and Ana Rosa Duque. He was educated at the Seminary of Santa Rosa de Osos. He was ordained to the priesthood November 19, 1933...
(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)