Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona

Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona
Archidioecesis Neo-Pampilonensis
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Nueva Pamplona
Statistics
Area 6,571 km2 (2,537 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
221,000
211,300 (95.6%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 25 September 1835 (180 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral de Santa Clara
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano
Auxiliary Bishops Jaime Cristóbal Abril González
Map
Website
www.arquipamplona.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona (Latin: Neo-Pampilonensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.

History

On 25 September 1835, Pope Gregory XVI established the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada. It was then a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. The first bishop, José Jorge Torres Estans, a native of Cartagena, ruled from 30 August 1837, to 17 April 1853, when he died at the age of 81, an exile in San Antonio del Fáchira, Venezuela. 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 Council. Indalecio Barreto succeeded him 3 December 1874, and died 19 March 1875, at La Vega near Cúcuta. 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.[1] It was elevated to an archdiocese on 29 May 1956.

Ordinaries

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Nueva_Pamplona

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nueva Pamplona". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 7°22′41″N 72°39′09″W / 7.3781°N 72.6525°W / 7.3781; -72.6525

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