(all
Latin Rite)
Ordinaries ;
Territorial Prelates of Río Magdalena • Father Carlo Ilario Currea,
Jesuits (S.J.) (1929.01.08 – 1932) • Father Raffaello Toro, S.J. (1932.02.20 – 1947) •
Bishop-elect Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (1947 – 1950.04.18
see below) ;
Apostolic Vicar of Barrancabermeja • Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. (
see above 1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27
see below),
Titular Bishop of
Bela (1950.04.18 – 1962.10.27) ;
Suffragan Bishops of Barrancabermeja • Bernardo Arango Henao,
S.J. (
see above 1962.10.27 – 1983.12.23) • Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo,
Eudists (C.I.M.) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25); previously
Titular Bishop of
Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Cali (Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (1993.03.25 - 2002.08.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Cali (2002.08.17 – retired 2011.05.18),
Apostolic Administrator of
Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29) •
Jaime Prieto Amaya (1993.11.11 – 2009.12.02), later Bishop of
Cúcuta (Colombia) (2008.12.01 – death 2010.08.25), Apostolic Administrator of
Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2009.09 – 2010.03.30) •
Apostolic Administrator Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (2009.02 – 2009.12.02), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12) • Camilo Fernando Castrellon Pizano,
S.D.B. (2009.12.02 – 2020.05.29), previously Bishop of
Tibú (Colombia) (2001.04.23 – 2009.12.02) • Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez (2020.05.29 -)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
José Figueroa Gómez, appointed Bishop of Granada en Colombia in 2002 •
Orlando Olave Villanoba, appointed Bishop of Tumaco in 2017 == See also ==