Diocese of Socorro y San Gil Dioecesis Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bucaramanga
Statistics
Area	12,250 km2 (4,730 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 254,3818 246,749 (96%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 March 1895 (130 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil
Co-cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ismael Rueda Sierra
Bishops emeritus	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesocorroysangil.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil (Latin : Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii) is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.

Contents

• History
• Bishops
• Ordinaries
• Coadjutor bishops
• Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
• See also
• Sources
• External links

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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Socorro .

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[ self-published source? ]}
• GCatholic.org

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