Diocese of

Granada

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Granada / Granada en Colombia / Granadien(sis) in Columbia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Villavicencio

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Vicente del Caguán (↙), Neiva (←), Bogotá (↖), Villavicencio (↑), San José del Guaviare (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1964.01.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ariari / Ariarien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Villavicencio)
1987.10.03: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ariari / Ariarien(sis) (Latin)
1999.10.29: Promoted as Diocese of Granada / Granada en Colombia / Granadien(sis) in Columbia (Latin) (became suffragan of Bogotá)
2004.07.03: Became suffragan of Villavicencio

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.05.31 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Granada (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano (58)
(2025.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Born:	1967.08.02 (Gachetá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.08.02

Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1993.12.08 – 2025.05.31)

Bishop of Granada (Colombia) (2025.05.31 – ...)

Bishop José Figueroa Gómez (79)
(2002.08.08 – 2025.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Granada (Colombia)

Born:	1946.04.22 (Bucaramanga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1972.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.10.12

Priest of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1972.09.09 – 2002.08.08)

Bishop of Granada (Colombia) (2002.08.08 – 2025.05.31)

Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare (Colombia) (2010.05 – 2011.02.02)

Fr. Gonzalo Carreño Flórez, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 2001.09.08 – 2002.08.08)

Bishop Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B. (84)
(1999.10.29 – 2001.06.15)

Bishop emeritus of Girardot (Colombia)

Born:	1941.07.23 (Tunja, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.02.27

Titular Bishop of Elicroca (1987.12.15 – 1999.10.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1987.12.15 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of Granada (Colombia) (1999.10.29 – 2001.06.15)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (2001.06.15 – 2018.07.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Ariari (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B. (84)
(1987.12.15 – 1999.10.29)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Ariari (Roman Rite)

Fr. Mario Alberto Jiménez Rojas, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1986.10.05 – 1987.12.15)

Fr. Luís Carlos Riveros Lavado, S.D.B.
(1982.03.05 – 1986)

Died:

1986

Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1982.03.05 – 1986)

Fr. Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. (later Bishop)
(1973.09.14 – 1981.08.03)

Born:	1924.04.22 (Manizales, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1950.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.20
Died:	1990.09.16 († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1973.09.14 – 1981.08.03)

Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) (1981.08.03 – 1990.09.16)

Fr. Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. (later Bishop)
(1964.01.16 – 1973.02.10)

Opus justitiæ pax

Born:	1918.01.18 (Ciénega, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1947.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.24
Died:	2010.12.31 († 92)

Prefect Apostolic of Ariari (Colombia) (1964.01.16 – 1973.02.10)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia) (1973.02.10 – 1981.07.30)

Bishop of Duitama (Colombia) (1981.07.30 – 1994.06.04)

Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (1994.06.04 – 1994.06.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Granada, Meta
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

San Vicente del Caguán (↙), Neiva (←), Bogotá (↖), Villavicencio (↑), San José del Guaviare (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 35,000 km²

Population: 182,457 Catholics (72.2% of 252,852 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 60 priests (54 diocesan, 6 religious), 2 deacons, 23 religious (8 brothers, 15 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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