Diocese of Espinal, Colombia

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, El Espinal, Tolima

Tierradentro (↙), Buga (←), Palmira (↖), Ibagué (↑), Girardot (↗), Neiva (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.19 – ...):

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (57)

Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Espinal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (57)
(2020.12.19 – ...)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)
Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)

Born:	1966.01.25 (Tunja, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.03.12

Titular Bishop of Boseta (2016.02.11 – 2020.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2016.02.11 – 2020.12.19)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (2020.12.19 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia) (2022.02.21 – ...)

Bishop Jaime Muñoz Pedroza (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.07.18 – 2020.12.19)

Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (64) (later Archbishop)
(2015.05.30 – 2020.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Born:	1958.07.04 (Cali, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.28

Titular Bishop of Nasbinca (2012.05.12 – 2015.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2012.05.12 – 2015.05.30)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (2015.05.30 – 2020.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2020.05.29 – ...)

Bishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz (65) (later Archbishop)
(2007.10.24 – 2014.08.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Born:	1957.06.09 (Valledupar, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.12.02

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (2007.10.24 – 2014.08.18)

Bishop of Armenia (Colombia) (2014.08.18 – 2017.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (2017.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Abraham Escudero Montoya
(1990.04.30 – 2007.02.02)

Born:	1940.01.24 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.21
Died:	2009.11.06 († 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 Alonso Arteaga Yepes
(1985.10.25 – 1989.10.30)

Born:	1925.02.12 (Don Matías, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.11.11
Died:	1989.10.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1962.09.12 – 1965.07.24)

Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia) (1965.07.24 – 1985.10.25)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1985.10.25 – 1989.10.30)

Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez
(1974.12.12 – 1985.07.01)

Born:	1924.12.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.06.15
Died:	2002.02.14 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Auca (1972.04.26 – 1974.12.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1972.04.26 – 1974.12.12)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1974.12.12 – 1985.07.01)

Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (1985.07.01 – 2001.01.19)

Bishop Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa
(1956.12.22 – 1974.12.12)

Born:	1909.11.05 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.04.28
Died:	1980.07.21 († 70)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (1956.12.22 – 1974.12.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez (1972.04.26 – 1974.12.12)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 14,000 km²

Population: 664,700 Catholics (87.8% of 756,800 total) (2020)

Statistics: 59 parishes, 3 missions, 103 priests (diocesan), 40 lay religious (4 brothers, 36 sisters), 24 seminarians (2020)

History

1957.03.18: Established as Diocese of Espinal / El Espinal (español) / Espinalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ibagué and became suffragan of Popayán)
1974.12.14: Became suffragan of Ibagué