Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardot

Diocese of Girardot Dioecesis Girardotensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bogotá
Statistics
Area	4,800 km2 (1,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 610,000 485,000 (79.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	29 May 1956 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de La Inmaculado Corazón de María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza
Bishops emeritus	Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardot (Latin: Girardotensis) is a diocese located in the city of Girardot in the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.

History

• 29 May 1956: Established as Diocese of Girardot from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1956.05.29 – 1961.02.12), appointed Bishop of Sonsón
• Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano (1961.04.08 – 1972.07.24), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
• Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. (1973.02.10 – 1981.07.30), appointed Bishop of Duitama
• Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal (1982.05.21 – 1987.09.17)
• Jorge Ardila Serrano (1988.05.21 – 2001.06.15)
• Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B. (2001.06.15 – 2018.07.11)
• Jaime Muñoz Pedroza (2018.07.11 - present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Eulises González Sánchez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia in 2000
• Ismael Rueda Sierra, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org