Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta (Sanctae Marthae) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia.

History

 * January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from the Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

Ordinaries

 * Alfonso de Tobes (Appointed 1534 - Did Not Take Effect)
 * Juan Fernando Angulo (1536–1542 Died)
 * Martín de Calatayud (1543–1548 Died)
 * Juan de los Barrios (1552–1564 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
 * Juan Méndez de Villafranca (1577–1577 Died)
 * Sebastián Ocando (1579–1619 Died)
 * Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1621–1625 Appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)
 * Lucas García Miranda (1625–1629 Died)
 * Antonio Corderiña Vega (1630–1640 Resigned)
 * Juan de Espinoza y Orozco (1642–1651 Died)
 * Francisco de la Cruz (1658–1660 Died)
 * Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta (1661–1663 Died)
 * Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1664–1668 Appointed Bishop of Popayán)
 * Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1668–1676 Appointed Bishop of Panamá)
 * Diego de Baños y Sotomayor (1677–1683 Appointed Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
 * Gregorius Jacobus Pastrana (1684–1690 Died)
 * Juan Víctores de Velasco (1694–1707 Appointed Bishop of Trujillo)
 * Ludovicus de Gayoso (1713–1713 Died)
 * Antonio Monroy y Meneses (1715–1738 Resigned)
 * José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar (1740–1742 Died)
 * Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila (1743–1746 Confirmed Bishop of Quito)
 * José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (1746–1753 Confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
 * Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo (1755–1763 Died)
 * Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas (1764–1771 Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
 * Francisco Javier Calvo (1771–1773 Died)
 * Francisco Navarro (1775–1788 Died)
 * Anselmo José de Fraga y Márquez (1790–1792 Died)
 * José Alejandro de Egües y Villamar (1792–1796 Died)
 * Diego Santamaría Cevallos (1798–1801 Died)
 * Eugenio Sesé, C.R.S.A. (1801–1803 Died)
 * Miguel Sánchez Cerrudo (1804–1810 Died)
 * Manuel Redondo y Gómez (1811–1813 Died)
 * Antonio Gómez Polanco (1817–1820 Died)
 * José María Estévez (1827–1834 Died)
 * José Luis Serrano (1836 Appointed – 12 May 1852 Died)
 * Bernabé Rojas (1854–1858 Died)
 * Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (1859–1864 Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
 * José Romero (1864–1891 Died)
 * Rafael Celedón (1891–1902 Died)
 * Francisco Simón y Ródenas (1904–1912 Resigned)
 * Francisco Cristóbal Toro (1913–1917 Appointed Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó)
 * Joaquín Garcia Benitez (1917–1942 Appointed Archbishop of Medellín)
 * Bernardo Botero Álvarez (1944–1956 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona)
 * Norberto Forero y García (1956–1971 Retired)
 * Javier Naranjo Villegas (1971–1980 Resigned)
 * Félix María Torres Parra (1980–1987 Appointed Archbishop of Barranquilla)
 * Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (1987–2014 Retired)
 * Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (2014–2021 Died)
 * José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. (since 2021)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Pedro José Rivera Mejía (1951-1953), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
 * Alfredo Rubio Diaz (1953-1956), appointed Bishop of Girardot

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra, appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1731
 * Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz (priest here, 1993-2006), appointed Bishop of El Banco in 2014
 * Miguel Fernando González Mariño, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué in 2016