Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
The Archdiocese of Bucaramanga (Latin: Archidioecesis Bucaramanguensis, Spanish: Archidiócesis de Bucaramanga ) is a location in Columbia Roman Catholic diocese based in Bucaramanga. It includes part of the Colombian Departementos Santander.
History
Pope Pius XII. founded it on 17 December 1952, the Bull Cum sit latior out of territory of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona and it became the Archdiocese of Bogotá assumed as suffragan. On 29 May 1956, was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona.
With the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam Ecclesiarum it was collected on 14 December 1974 in the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums. A part of its territory lost it on 7 July 1987 for the erection of the Diocese of Málaga Soatá.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Bucaramanga
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque (18 December 1952-3. August 1959, then Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona )
- Héctor Rueda Hernández (6 May 1960-14. December 1974)
Archbishops of Bucaramanga
- Héctor Rueda Hernández (14 December 1974-7 November 1991., Then Archbishop of Medellin )
- Darío Castrillón Hoyos (16 December 1992-15. June 1996)
- Víctor Manuel López Forero (27 June 1998-13. February 2009)
- Ismael Rueda Sierra ( since 13 February 2009)