Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil 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
- *Evaristo Blanco, appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
- *Francesco Cristoforo Toro, appointed Bishop of Santa Marta
- *Antonio Vincenzo Arenas
- Bishops of Socorro y San Gil
- *Leonida Medina
- *Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J., appointed Bishop of Tunja
- *Aníbal Muñoz Duque, appointed Bishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal
- *Pedro José Rivera Mejía
- *Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano
- *Víctor Manuel López Forero, appointed Bishop of Colombia, Military
- *Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P., appointed Bishop of Magangué
- *Ismael Rueda Sierra, appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga
- *Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
- *Luis Augusto Campos Flórez
Coadjutor bishops
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J.
- Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano
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