Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón

History

• 20 May 1900: Established as Diocese of Garzón from the Diocese of Tolima
• 25 February 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón-Neiva
• 24 July 1972: Renamed as Diocese of Garzón

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Fabio Duque Jamarillo, O.F.M.
• Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez
• Libardo Ramírez Gómez
• Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R., appointed Bishop of Ipiales
• Octavio Betancourt Arango
• José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, appointed Archbishop of Manizales; future Cardinal

• Gerardo Martínez Madrigal

• Gerardo Martínez Madrigal
• José Ignacio López Umaña, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
• Esteban Rojas Tovar

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Ismael Perdomo Borrero, appointed Bishop of Ibagué in 1903
• Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa, appointed Bishop of Espinal in 1956