and the creation of the village of
Pinchote, vice parish of San Gil was granted, but due to the difficulties of
religious services, the passage of the river had to be done by fonce cabuya the
populated parish was erected in 1783 under the name of Our Lady of the Rosary,
St. Anthony of Padua and St. Vincent Ferrer Pinchote assigned to the
jurisdiction of Socorro.
Its first pastor was the elder Dr. Luis Fernando Sarmiento and Otero. was
chosen for the office of Mayor Don Juan Antonio Gómez Plata
