Diocese of Palmira, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Palmira / Palmiran(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cali

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cali (←), Buenaventura (↖), Istmina–Tadó (↖), Buga (↑), Espinal (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.12.17: Established as Diocese of Palmira / Palmiran(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán and Diocese of Cali and became suffragan of Popayán)
1964.06.20: Became suffragan of Cali
1966.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Buga

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.31 – ...):

Bishop Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Palmira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo (52)
(2024.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Mihi enim vivere Christus est

Born:	1974.03.13 (Sevilla, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.08.10

Priest of Buga (Colombia) (1998.12.05 – 2024.05.31)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2024.05.31 – ...)

Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (79)
(2010.05.24 – 2024.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Palmira (Colombia)

Born:	1946.10.13 (Roldanillo, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.09.08

Priest of Cartago (Colombia) (1971.08.28 – 1992.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Fordongianus (1992.07.08 – 2002.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1992.07.08 – 2002.10.28)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia) (2002.10.28 – 2010.05.24)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2010.05.24 – 2024.05.31)

Bishop Abraham Escudero Montoya
(2007.02.02 – 2009.11.06)

Born:	1940.01.24 (Urrao, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.21
Died:	2009.11.06 (Cali, Colombia † 69)

Titular Bishop of Risinium (1986.05.22 – 1990.04.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1986.05.22 – 1990.04.30)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1990.04.30 – 2007.02.02)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2007.02.02 – 2009.11.06)

Bishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (79) (later Archbishop)
(2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Hágase tu voluntad

Born:	1947.01.26 (Abejorral, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.03.25

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1971.12.05 – 1998.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Thuccabora (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2007.01.12 – 2022.05.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sincelejo (Colombia) (2014.03.16 – 2015.02.19)

Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna
(1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13)

Born:	1927.11.21 (Santa Bárbara, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1953.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.07.29
Died:	2005.06.10 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1974.06.20 – 1982.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Colombia (Colombia) (1974.06.20 – 1982.05.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1982.05.03 – 1983.08.20)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra
(1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20)

Born:	1908.06.26 (Palmira, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1933.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.31
Died:	1991.04.01 (Palmira, Colombia † 82)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1948.08.19 – 1952.12.18)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna (1982.05.03 – 1983.08.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario del Palmar, Palmira, Valle del Cauca
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Cali (←), Buenaventura (↖), Istmina–Tadó (↖), Buga (↑), Espinal (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,976 km²

Population: 813,390 Catholics (89.8% of 906,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 88 priests (79 diocesan, 9 religious), 7 deacons, 204 religious (12 brothers, 192 sisters), 19 seminarians