Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta

Diocese of Santa Marta Dioecesis Sanctae Marthae Diócesis de Santa Marta
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Santa Marta.
Location
Country	Colombia
Territory	The Municipalities of Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Aracataca, Zona Bananera and Pueblo Viejo.
Ecclesiastical province	Barranquilla
Statistics
Area	14,216 km2 (5,489 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 780,000 680,000 (87.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 January 1534
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Martha in Santa Marta
Patron saint	Saint Martha
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve
Map
Website
diocesisdesantamarta.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta (Latin: Sanctae Marthae) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia.^[1][2]

History

• January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from the Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

Ordinaries

• Alfonso de Tobes (Appointed 1534 - Did Not Take Effect)^[3]
• Juan Fernando Angulo (1536–42 Died)^[3][4]
• Martín de Calatayud (1543–48 Died)^[3][5]
• Juan de los Barrios (1552–64 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)^[3][6]
• Juan Méndez de Villafranca (1577–77 Died)^[3]
• Sebastián Ocando (1579–1619 Died)^[3]
• Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1621–25 Appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)^[7]
• Lucas García Miranda (1625–29 Died)
• Antonio Corderiña Vega (1630–40 Resigned)
• Juan de Espinoza y Orozco (1642–51 Died)
• Francisco de la Cruz (1658–60 Died)
• Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta (1661–63 Died)
• Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1664–68 Appointed Bishop of Popayán)
• Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1668–76 Appointed Bishop of Panamá)
• Diego de Baños y Sotomayor (1677–83 Appointed Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
• Gregorius Jacobus Pastrana (1684–90 Died)
• Juan Víctores de Velasco (1694–1707 Appointed Bishop of Trujillo)
• Ludovicus de Gayoso (1713–13 Died)
• Antonio Monroy y Meneses (1715–38 Resigned)
• José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar (1740–42 Died)
• Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila (1743–46 Confirmed Bishop of Quito)
• José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (1746–53 Confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
• Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo (1755–63 Died)
• Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas (1764–71 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
• Francisco Javier Calvo (1771–73 Died)
• Francisco Navarro (1775–88 Died)
• Anselmo José de Fraga y Márquez (1790–92 Died)
• José Alejandro de Egües y Villamar (1792–96 Died)
• Diego Santamaría Cevallos (1798–1801 Died)
• Eugenio Sesé, C.R.S.A. (1801–03 Died)
• Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo (1804–10 Died)
• Manuel Redondo y Gómez (1811–13 Died)
• Antonio Gómez Polanco (1817–20 Died)
• José María Estévez (1827–34 Died)
• José Luis Serrano (1836 Appointed - 12 May 1852 Died)
• Bernabé Rojas (1854–58 Died)
• Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (1859–64 Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
• José Romero (1864–91 Died)
• Rafael Celedón (1891–1902 Died)
• Francisco Simón y Ródenas (1904 1912 Resigned)
• Francisco Cristóbal Toro (1913–17 Appointed Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó)
• Joaquín Garcia Benitez (1917–42 Appointed Archbishop of Medellín)
• Bernardo Botero Álvarez (1944–56 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona)
• Norberto Forero y García (1956–71 Retired)
• Javier Naranjo Villegas (1971–80 Resigned)
• Félix María Torres Parra (1980–87 Appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla)
• Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (1987–2014 Retired)
• Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (2014–present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org