Diocese of

Garzón

Colombia 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

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.01.28 – ...):Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos (58)Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Garzón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos (58)Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos (58)
(2025.01.28 – ...)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

En comunión

Born:1967.09.20 (Sandoná, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1994.01.14
Consecrated Bishop:2025.03.25

Priest of Pasto (Colombia) (1994.01.14 – 2025.01.28)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (2025.01.28 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (59)Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.21 – 2025.01.28)

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

Servus vestur per Jesum Christum

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 (77)Bishop Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (77)
(2003.12.19 – 2011.07.15)

Bishop emeritus of Pereira (Colombia)

Humilde siervo del Señor

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 – 2024.10.04)

Bishop Libardo Ramírez Gómez
(1986.10.18 – 2003.03.15)

Born:1933.11.12 (Garzón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1972.04.08
Died:2025.09.11 (Bogotá, Colombia † 91)

Priest of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia) (1956.05.26 – 1972.02.08)

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 (Piedecuesta, 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 (Abejorral, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1951.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1971.02.02
Died:2017.06.18 (Medellín, Colombia † 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 (Santa Rosa de Osos, 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 (Alpujarra, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1907.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1924.08.03
Died:1974.10.03 (Cartagena, Colombia † 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 Esteban Rojas Tobar
(1900.05.20 – 1922.07.21)

Ineffabilis Deus

Born:1859.01.15 (El Hato, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1883.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1895.04.21
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

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,667 km²

Population: 489,998 Catholics (87.7% of 558,729 total)

Pastoral Centres: 64 parishes

Personnel: 135 priests (125 diocesan, 10 religious), 124 religious (21 brothers, 103 sisters), 65 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.11.08

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