The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil (Latin: Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii) is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
History
- 20 March 1895: Established as Diocese of Socorro from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
- 19 January 1928: Renamed as Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Bishops of Socorro
- Bishops of Socorro y San Gil Leonida Medina (1923.03.07 – 1947.07.19); Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06), appointed Bishop of Tunja; Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18), appointed Bishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal; Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1953.02.20 – 1975.10.25); Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1975.10.25 – 1980.01.19); Víctor Manuel López Forero (1980.12.06 – 1985.06.07), appointed Bishop of Colombia, Military; Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03), appointed Bishop of Magangué; Ismael Rueda Sierra (2003.06.27 – 2009.02.13), appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga; Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2010.02.02 – 2019.12.12); Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (2019.12.12 - Present)
Coadjutor bishops
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1942–1947)
- Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1972–1975)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Rafael Afanador y Cadena, appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 1916
- José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, appointed Bishop of Duitama in 1955
- José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto in 1955; future Cardinal
- Gustavo Martínez Frías, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 1987
- Luis José Rueda Aparicio, appointed Bishop of Montelibano in 2012