Diocese of Girardota, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Girardota / Girardotanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Medellín

Neighbouring Dioceses: Medellín (↙), Santa Rosa de Osos (↑), Barrancabermeja (→), Sonsón–Rionegro (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1988.06.18: Established as Diocese of Girardota / Girardotanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, Diocese of Barrancabermeja and Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro and became suffragan of Medellín)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.03.21 – ...):

Bishop Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo (67)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Girardota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo (67)
(2024.03.21 – ...)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)

Y la Palabra se hizo carne

Born:	1959.05.09 (Medellin, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1995.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.05.18

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1995.11.03 – 2024.03.21)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2024.03.21 – ...)

Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (79)
(2010.02.02 – 2024.03.21)

Bishop emeritus of Girardota (Colombia)

Aquí estoy Señor

Born:	1946.08.16 (Sonsón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.10

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1970.06.29 – 2006.01.17)

Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2006.01.17 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2010.02.02 – 2024.03.21)

Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.07.16 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (78) (later Archbishop)
(2006.07.11 – 2009.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia)

Hagan lo que él les diga

Born:	1947.08.08 (Urrao, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.11

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1974.06.01 – 2003.12.12)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1999.11.21 – 2003.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2006.07.11 – 2009.07.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Girardota (Colombia) (2009.07.16 – 2010.02.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2009.07.16 – 2010.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2010.10.07 – 2020.01.06)

Fr. Óscar González Villa
(2006.04.24 – 2006.06.10 not possessed)

Born:	1949.05.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.17
Died:	2015.06.25 († 66)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2006.04.24 – 2006.06.10 not possessed)

Bishop Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (83)
(1998.02.21 – 2005.05.13)

Bishop emeritus of Riohacha (Colombia)

Delectare in domino

Born:	1942.12.24 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.03.26

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (1998.02.21 – 2005.05.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Apartadó (Colombia) (2001.09 – 2002.03.01)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (2005.05.13 – 2020.04.22)

Bishop Oscar Angel Bernal
(1988.06.18 – 1996.07.04)

Born:	1938.08.20 (La Ceja, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.02.22
Died:	1996.07.04 († 57)

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1962.08.26 – 1986.01.23)

Titular Bishop of Tisili (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1986.01.23 – 1988.06.18)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1996.07.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Girardota, Antioquia

Medellín (↙), Santa Rosa de Osos (↑), Barrancabermeja (→), Sonsón–Rionegro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,445 km²

Population: 186,850 Catholics (96.7% of 193,252 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 68 priests (66 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons, 27 religious (5 brothers, 22 sisters), 17 seminarians