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Diocese of Santa Marta
Dioecesis Sanctae Marthae
Diócesis de Santa Marta
Coat of arms of the Diocese of 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 Leo XIV
Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz
Bishops emeritus Ugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi
Map
Website
diocesisdesantamarta.org

Diocese of Santa Marta — 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

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Alfonso de Tobes (Appointed 1534 - Did Not Take Effect)[3]
  • Juan Fernando Angulo (1536–1542 Died)[3][4]
  • Martín de Calatayud (1543–1548 Died)[3][5]
  • Juan de los Barrios (1552–1564 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)[3][6]
  • Juan Méndez de Villafranca (1577–1577 Died)[3]
  • Sebastián Ocando (1579–1619 Died)[3]
  • Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1621–1625 Appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)[7]
  • Lucas García Miranda (1625–1629 Died)
  • Antonio Corderiña Vega (1630–1640 Resigned)
  • Juan de Espinoza y Orozco (1642–1651 Died)
  • Francisco de la Cruz (1658–1660 Died)
  • Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta (1661–1663 Died)
  • Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1664–1668 Appointed Bishop of Popayán)
  • Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1668–1676 Appointed Bishop of Panamá)
  • Diego de Baños y Sotomayor (1677–1683 Appointed Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
  • Gregorius Jacobus Pastrana (1684–1690 Died)
  • Juan Víctores de Velasco (1694–1707 Appointed Bishop of Trujillo)
  • Ludovicus de Gayoso (1713–1713 Died)
  • Antonio Monroy y Meneses (1715–1738 Resigned)
  • José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar (1740–1742 Died)
  • Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila (1743–1746 Confirmed Bishop of Quito)
  • José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (1746–1753 Confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo (1755–1763 Died)
  • Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas (1764–1771 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • Francisco Javier Calvo (1771–1773 Died)
  • Francisco Navarro (1775–1788 Died)
  • Anselmo José de Fraga y Márquez (1790–1792 Died)
  • José Alejandro de Egües y Villamar (1792–1796 Died)
  • Diego Santamaría Cevallos (1798–1801 Died)
  • Eugenio Sesé, C.R.S.A. (1801–1803 Died)
  • Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo (1804–1810 Died)
  • Manuel Redondo y Gómez (1811–1813 Died)
  • Antonio Gómez Polanco (1817–1820 Died)
  • José María Estévez (1827–1834 Died)
  • José Luis Serrano (1836 Appointed – 12 May 1852 Died)
  • Bernabé Rojas (1854–1858 Died)
  • Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (1859–1864 Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • José Romero (1864–1891 Died)
  • Rafael Celedón (1891–1902 Died)
  • Francisco Simón y Ródenas (1904–1912 Resigned)
  • Francisco Cristóbal Toro (1913–1917 Appointed Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó)
  • Joaquín Garcia Benitez (1917–1942 Appointed Archbishop of Medellín)
  • Bernardo Botero Álvarez (1944–1956 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona)
  • Norberto Forero y García (1956–1971 Retired)
  • Javier Naranjo Villegas (1971–1980 Resigned)
  • Félix María Torres Parra (1980–1987 Appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla)
  • Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (1987–2014 Retired)
  • Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (2014–2021 Died)
  • José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. (since 2021)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1951-1953), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
  • Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1953-1956), appointed Bishop of Girardot

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra, appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1731
  • Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz (priest here, 1993-2006), appointed Bishop of El Banco in 2014
  • Miguel Fernando González Mariño, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué in 2016

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[8]

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Diocese of Santa Marta — (SANCTA MARTHAE).

Diocese in Colombia, erected in 1535, its first bishop being Alfonso do Tobes; suppressed by Paul IV in 1562; it was re-established by Gregory XIII — 15 April, 1577, as suffragan of Santa Fe de Bogotá; it became suffragan of Cartagena in 1900, at which time it comprised the State of Magdalena and the territories of Sierra Nevada y Motilones and Goajira. In 1905 the north-eastern portion of the diocese was formed into the Vicariate Apostolic of Goajira. Magdalena was first visited. by Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. Santa Marta, the second town founded by the Spaniards in America, was established by Rodrigo de Bastidas 29 July, 1525; it was sacked in 1543 and again in 1555; while Sir Francis Drake reduced it to ashes in 1596. St. Louis Bertrand labored at Santa Marta for a time, and baptized 15,000 pagans there. The town is situated at the mouth of the Río Manzaneres, on the Gulf of Santa Marta, 46 miles north-east of Barranquilla, and contains about 6000 inhabitants, an episcopal palace, public college, and conciliar seminary. Simón Bolívar d. 17 Dec., 1830, at San Pedro, a few miles distant. A diocesan synod was held at Santa Marta in 1881. The present bishop, Mgr. Francisco Simón y Rodenas, O.F.M., was b. at Orihuela, 2 Oct., 1849; appointed as successor of Mgr. Caledon to the see, 11 June, 1904; and enthroned, 14 Nov. following. The diocese has an area of 20,400 square miles, and contains 8 deaneries, 42 parishes, 40 secular priests, 3 convents of the Presentation Sisters of Tours with 15 nuns, and about 100,000 inhabitants, practically all Catholics. The Sisters of Charity established a hospital and school at Santa Marta in 1883.

MOZANS, Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena (New York, 1910).

References

  1. Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Santa Marta". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  2. Back to citation Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Diocese of Santa Marta". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Back to citation occurrence 3.2 Back to citation occurrence 3.3 Back to citation occurrence 3.4 Back to citation occurrence 3.5 HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 236.
  4. Back to citation "Bishop Juan Fernando Angulo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  5. Back to citation "Bishop Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David. M. Cheney. Retrieved November 11, 2015
  6. Back to citation "Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David. M. Cheney. Retrieved November 11, 2015
  7. Back to citation "Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
  8. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta, official website
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