Diocese of Vélez, Colombia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Vélez / Velezan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bucaramanga

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2003.05.14: Established as Diocese of Vélez / Velezan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Socorro y San Gil and became suffragan of Bucaramanga)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Vélez (Roman Rite)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)
Apostolic Administrator of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Priest of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia) (1996.11.23 – 2016.10.26)

Bishop of Vélez (Colombia) (2016.10.26 – 2023.04.14)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (2023.04.14 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tierradentro (Colombia) (2024.07.29 – ...)

Bishop Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón
(2003.05.14 – 2015.11.30)

Priest of Pereira (Colombia) (1978.12.08 – 2003.05.14)

Bishop of Vélez (Colombia) (2003.05.14 – 2015.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Fidoloma (2015.11.30 – 2022.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia) (2015.11.30 – 2022.05.12)

Area: 4,957 km²

Population: 126,134 Catholics (74.1% of 170,250 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 40 priests (37 diocesan, 3 religious), 25 religious (4 brothers, 21 sisters), 6 seminarians