Diocese of

El Banco

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: El Banco / Bancoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Barranquilla

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2006.01.17: Established as Diocese of El Banco / Bancoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Marta and Diocese of Valledupar and became suffragan of Barranquilla)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.15 – ...):

Bishop Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of El Banco (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez (53)
(2024.05.15 – ...)

Bishop of El Banco (Colombia)

Veni creator Spiritus

Born:	1972.01.25 (Usiacurí, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.07.27

Priest of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1998.08.22 – 2024.05.15)

Bishop of El Banco (Colombia) (2024.05.15 – ...)

Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. (54)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.01.17 – 2024.05.15)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.03.25 – 2023.01.08)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz
(2014.06.18 – 2021.02.27)

Born:	1965.11.14 (Margarita, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.08.23
Died:	2023.01.08 (Medellín, Colombia † 57)

Priest of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1993.06.12 – 2014.06.18)

Apostolic Administrator of El Banco (Colombia) (2013.04.24 – 2014.06.18)

Bishop of El Banco (Colombia) (2014.06.18 – 2021.02.27)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (2021.02.27 – 2023.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of El Banco (Colombia) (2021.03.25 – 2023.01.08)

Fr. Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.04.24 – 2014.06.18)

Bishop Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y.
(2006.01.17 – 2013.04.14)

Born:	1943.04.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.25
Died:	2013.04.14 († 70)

Bishop of El Banco (Colombia) (2006.01.17 – 2013.04.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, El Banco, Magdalena

Cartagena (↖), Santa Marta (↑), Valledupar (→), Ocaña (↘), Magangué (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 11,855 km²

Population: 360,000 Catholics (67.4% of 534,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (19 diocesan, 6 religious), 24 deacons, 29 religious (21 brothers, 8 sisters), 7 seminarians

Last updated on 2025.04.02