Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucaramanga

History

• 17 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Bucaramanga from the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
• 14 December 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucaramanga

  Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• *St. John Baptist, Girón

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Bucaramanga
• *Aníbal Muñoz Duque Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona; future Cardinal
• *Héctor Rueda Hernández
• Archbishops of Bucaramanga
• *Héctor Rueda Hernández Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
• *Darío Castrillón Hoyos Appointed, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; future Cardinal
• *Víctor Manuel López Forero
• *Ismael Rueda Sierra

  Auxiliary bishops

• Isaías Duarte Cancino, appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Héctor Cubillos Peña, appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá
• Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J., appointed Bishop of Fontibón

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Rafael Sarmiento Peralta, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1962
• Carlos Prada Sanmiguel, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 1988
• Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1993
• Hency Martínez Vargas, appointed Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas in 2019

  Suffragan dioceses

• Barrancabermeja
• Málaga–Soatá
• Socorro y San Gil
• Vélez