The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil () is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
History 20 March 1895: Established as Diocese of Socorro from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona 19 January 1928: Renamed as Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Bishops Ordinaries Bishops of Socorro Evaristo Blanco (1897.04.09 – 1909.03.27), appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona Francesco Cristoforo Toro (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16), appointed Bishop of Santa Marta Antonio Vincenzo Arenas (1914.05.28 – 1922.07.12) Bishops of Socorro y San Gil Leonida Medina (1923.03.07 – 1947.07.19) Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06), appointed Bishop of Tunja Aníbal Muñoz Duque (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18), appointed Bishop of Bucaramanga; future Cardinal Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1953.02.20 – 1975.10.25) Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1975.10.25 – 1980.01.19) Víctor Manuel López Forero (1980.12.06 – 1985.06.07), appointed Bishop of Colombia, Military Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. (1986.03.06 – 2001.11.03), appointed Bishop of Magangué Ismael Rueda Sierra (2003.06.27 – 2009.02.13), appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2010.02.02 – 2019.12.12) Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (2019.12.12 - Present)
Coadjutor bishops Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (1942–1947) Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1972–1975)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Rafael Afanador y Cadena, appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 1916 José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, appointed Bishop of Duitama in 1955 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto in 1955; future Cardinal Gustavo Martínez Frías, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 1987 Luis José Rueda Aparicio, appointed Bishop of Montelibano in 2012
See also Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Sources
External links Catholic Hierarchy GCatholic.org