Diocese of

Garzón

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Garzón (español) / Garzonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibagué

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1900.05.20: Established as Diocese of Garzón (español) / Garzonen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Tolima)
1900.06.20: Became suffragan of Popayán
1964.02.25: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón–Neiva (español) / Garzonen(sis)–Neiven(sis) (Latin)
1972.07.24: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón (español) / Garzonen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Neiva)
1974.12.14: Became suffragan of Ibagué

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2022.02.21 – ...):	Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (58) Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Garzón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.21 – ...)

Bishop Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M.
(2012.06.11 – 2022.02.09)

Born:	1950.05.12 (Armenia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.31
Died:	2022.02.09 (Medellín, Colombia † 71)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture (1997 – 2003.11.29)

Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (2003.11.29 – 2012.06.11)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (2012.06.11 – 2022.02.09)

Bishop Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (75)
(2003.12.19 – 2011.07.15)

Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Born:	1948.08.05 (Arabia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.03.26

Priest of Pereira (Colombia) (1973.11.18 – 1988.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ (1988.02.26 – 1996.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia) (1988.02.26 – 1996.11.30)

Bishop of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1996.11.30 – 2003.12.19)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (2003.12.19 – 2011.07.15)

Bishop of Pereira (Colombia) (2011.07.15 – ...)

Bishop Libardo Ramírez Gómez (90)
(1986.10.18 – 2003.03.15)

Bishop emeritus of Garzón (Colombia)

Born:	1933.11.12 (Garzón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.04.08

Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (1972.02.08 – 1986.10.18)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1986.10.18 – 2003.03.15)

Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R.
(1977.04.26 – 1985.10.25)

Born:	1925.07.17 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1948.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.03.13
Died:	2009.03.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Sala Consilina (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1971.01.16 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1985.10.25)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1985.10.25 – 1987.01.16)

Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango
(1975.11.10 – 1977.04.26)

Born:	1928.01.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1951.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.02.02
Died:	2017.06.18 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia (1970.11.23 – 1975.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1970.11.23 – 1975.11.10)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1975.11.10 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez (later Cardinal)
(1964.02.29 – 1975.05.22)

Vivere Christus est

Born:	1919.02.18 (Zapatoca, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.08.28
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14
Died:	2019.09.03 (Floridablanca, Colombia † 100)

Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1941.12.14 – 1955.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Apollonis (1955.06.14 – 1959.12.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1955.06.14 – 1959.12.30)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1959.12.30 – 1964.02.29)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1964.02.29 – 1975.05.22)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1972 – 1978)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1975.05.22 – 1996.10.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015.02.14 – 2019.09.03)

Bishops of Garzón–Neiva (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal
(1964.02.25 – 1964.02.29)

Born:	1896.04.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1920.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.08.16
Died:	1970.09.27 († 74)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1942.06.24 – 1964.02.25)

Bishop of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia) (1964.02.25 – 1964.02.29)

Bishops of Garzón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal
(1942.06.24 – 1964.02.25)

(see above)

Bishop José Ignacio López Umaña (later Archbishop)
(1924.04.10 – 1942.03.15)

Born:	1883.12.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1907.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.08.10
Died:	1974.10.03 († 90)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1924.04.10 – 1942.03.15)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1942.03.15 – 1943.11.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1942.03.15 – 1943.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1943.11.13 – 1974.10.03)

Bishop Stefano Rojas
(1900.05.20 – 1922.07.21)

Born:	1859.01.15
Ordained Priest:	1883.03.24
Died:	1933.07.28 († 74)

Bishop of Tolima (Colombia) (1895.03.18 – 1900.05.20)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1900.05.20 – 1922.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1922.07.21 – 1933.07.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel, Garzón, Huila

Mocoa–Sibundoy (↙), Tierradentro (↑), Neiva (↗), Florencia (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 9,667 km²

Population: 489,290 Catholics (90.8% of 538,725 total)

Pastoral Centres: 64 parishes

Personnel: 143 priests (132 diocesan, 11 religious), 134 religious (29 brothers, 105 sisters), 60 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.30

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