Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

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Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

Dioecesis Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii
Escudo de la Diocesis de Socorro y San Gil.svg
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical province Bucaramanga
Statistics
Area12,250 km2 (4,730 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
254,3818
246,749 (96%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established20 March 1895 (128 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de La Santa Cruz in San Gil
Co-cathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Socorro
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Flórez
Metropolitan Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra
Bishops emeritus Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz
Map
Mapa Diocesis de Socorro y San Gil.svg
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.

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Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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