Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta
{{Short description|Diocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese
| name = Santa Marta
| latin = Dioecesis Sanctae Marthae
| local = Diócesis de Santa Marta
| image = Escudo de la Diócesis de Santa Marta.svg
| image_size = 150px
| image_alt =
| caption = Coat of arms of the Diocese of Santa Marta.
| country = Colombia
| metropolitan =
| territory = The Municipalities of Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Aracataca, Zona Bananera and Pueblo Viejo.
| province = Barranquilla
| coordinates =
| area_km2 = 14,216
| population = 780,000
| population_as_of = 2010
| catholics = 680,000
| catholics_percent = 87.2
| parishes =
| churches =
| congregations =
| schools =
| members =
| denomination = Roman Catholic
| rite = Latin Rite
| established = 10 January 1534
| cathedral = Cathedral Basilica of Saint Martha in Santa Marta
| cocathedral =
| patron = Saint Martha
| priests =
| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
| bishop = José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M.
| metro_archbishop = Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz
| coadjutor =
| auxiliary_bishops =
| vicar_general =
| emeritus_bishops = Ugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi
| map = Mapa Diocesis de Santa Marta.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| website = [http://www.diocesisdesantamarta.org diocesisdesantamarta.org]
| footnotes =
}}
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta ({{langx|la|Sanctae Marthae}}) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Santa Marta|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsmat.html|access-date=March 25, 2018}}Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Diocese of Santa Marta |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zmarA.htm |access-date=March 25, 2018}}Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources
History
- January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from the Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic
Bishops
=Ordinaries=
- Alfonso de Tobes (Appointed 1534 - Did Not Take Effect){{cite book|url=http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002718&mediaType=application/pdf|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=236}}
- Juan Fernando Angulo (1536–1542 Died)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bangulo.html "Bishop Juan Fernando Angulo"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
- Martín de Calatayud (1543–1548 Died)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcalata.html "Bishop Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David. M. Cheney. Retrieved November 11, 2015
- Juan de los Barrios (1552–1564 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blbar.html "Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David. M. Cheney. Retrieved November 11, 2015
- Juan Méndez de Villafranca (1577–1577 Died)
- Sebastián Ocando (1579–1619 Died)
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1621–1625 Appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcercar.html "Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
- 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
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsmat.html Catholic Hierarchy]{{Self-published inline|date=May 2016}}
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zmarA.htm GCatholic.org]
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