Suffragan diocese Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Succursen(sis) et Sancti Aegidii
Latin Church
The Diocese of Socorro y San Gil is a Latin Church diocese in the Department of Santander, Colombia, erected as the Diocese of Socorro in 1895 and renamed in 1928. Its cathedral is in San Gil with a co-cathedral in Socorro, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1895
- Catholics
- 228,900
- Priests
- 117
- Territory
- 12,250 km²
Parishes and churches
52 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San IsidroGuaneView parish
- San JoaquínSan JoaquínView parish
- San JoaquínCuritíView parish
- San JoaquínZapatocaView parish
- San JoséGalánView parish
- San JoséJordán SubeView parish
- San José de SuaitaSuaitaView parish
- San Juan BautistaEl GuacamayoView parish
- San Juan de DiosSan GilView parish
- San Judas TadeoSan GilView parish
- San Luis GonzagaVillanuevaView parish
- San Martín de PorresSan GilView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelOibaView parish
- San Pablo ApóstolSan GilView parish
- San Pedro ApóstolVado RealView parish
- San Rafael ArcángelOlivalView parish
- San Vicente FerrerOcamonteView parish
- Santa BárbaraGámbitaMass times recorded
- Santa BárbaraMogotesView parish
- Santa BárbaraSimacotaView parish
- Santa BárbaraSocorroView parish
- Santo Cura de ArsPitiguaoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Augusto Campos Flórez
- Born
- 23 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Bogotá
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The cathedral
Catedral de la Santa Cruz stands in Socorro y San Gil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basílica Concatedral de Nuestra Señora del Socorro.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Two cities, Socorro and San Gil, together anchor this Colombian diocese (Latin: Succursensis et Sancti Aegidii), part of the ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.