Suffragan diocese Barrancabermeja, Colombia
Diocese of Barrancabermeja
Barrancabermeien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated at Barrancabermeja in Santander, Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga. Established on April 2, 1928 as the Territorial Prelature of Rio Magdalena from the Dioceses of Nueva Pamplona and Socorro y San Gil, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1950 and to diocese on October 27, 1962. Its cathedral is the Catedral del Sagrado Corazon; Bishop Ovidio Giraldo Velasquez has served since May 29, 2020.
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- Established
- 1928
- Catholics
- 430,000
- Priests
- 72
- Territory
- 15,000 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral La Inmaculada 50 AñosBarrancabermeja · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsBarrancabermeja · CathedralView parish
- Cristo RedentorPuerto BerríoView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia El Espíritu SantoBarrancabermejaView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeBarrancabermejaView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenBarrancabermejaView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia San Francisco de AsísSan Vicente De ChucuríView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia Santa María ReinaBarrancabermejaView parish
- Cuasi Parroquia Señor de la Divina MisericordiaBarrancabermejaView parish
- CuasiParroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsSan Vicente De ChucuríView parish
- Divino Niño JesúsBarrancabermejaView parish
- Divino SalvadorBarrancabermejaView parish
- El Señor de los MilagrosBarrancabermejaView parish
- Jesús María.BarrancabermejaView parish
- La Santa CruzPuerto ParraView parish
- Maria AuxiliadoraBarrancabermejaView parish
- Nuestra Señora De los DoloresPuerto BerríoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenBarrancabermejaView parish
- Nuestra Señora Del CarmenEl Carmen De ChucuríView parish
- Nuestra Señora Del CarmenPuerto WilchesView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenSabana De TorresView parish
- Parroquia Espíritu SantoBarrancabermejaView parish
- PARROQUIA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMENBarrancabermejaView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaBarrancabermejaView parish
- San Bernardo AbadBetuliaView parish
- San Ignacio de LoyolaBarrancabermejaView parish
- San Isidro LabradorCimitarraView parish
- San JoséCimitarraView parish
- San JoséPuerto WilchesView parish
- San José ObreroBarrancabermejaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ovidio Giraldo Velasquez
- Born
- 27 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Montebonito
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The cathedral
Catedral del Sagrado Corazon stands in Barrancabermeja, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
A Latin suffragan diocese in Colombia's ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga, Barrancabermeja (Latin: Barrancabermeiensis) has its cathedral episcopal see at the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in the city of Barrancabermeja in Santander State.
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- Diocese of Barrancabermeja publishes Protocol 3.4
- Diocese of Barrancabermeja shares subsidy for 2026 Youth Week
4 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.