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Diocese of

Ocaña

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nueva Pamplona

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bucaramanga (↓), Barrancabermeja (↙), Magangué (←), El Banco (↑), Tibú (→), Cúcuta (↘), Nueva Pamplona (↘)

History

  • 1962.10.26: Established as Diocese of Ocaña / Ocanien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Marta)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1993.06.28 – ...):Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (75)Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ocaña (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (75)Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (75)
(1993.06.28 – ...)

Born:1938.04.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1993.08.06

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1993.06.28 – ...)

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (83)Bishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (83) (later Archbishop)
(1972.07.24 – 1992.10.10)

Born:1929.12.02 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1958.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1972.09.08

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1972.07.24 – 1992.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (2009.02 – 2009.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia) (2010.03 – 2011.06.08)

Bishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta (later Archbishop)
(1962.10.26 – 1972.07.24)

Born:1914.11.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1938.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:1963.01.06
Died:2000.04.25 († 85)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1962.10.26 – 1972.07.24)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (1972.07.24 – 1985.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1985.01.12 – 1994.06.21)

as of 2013.05.03

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