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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Barranquilla

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: El Banco, Riohacha, Santa Marta, Valledupar

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History

  • 1932.07.07: Established as Diocese of Barranquilla / Barranquillen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena)
  • 1969.04.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barranquilla / Barranquillen(sis) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2010.11.13 – ...):Archbishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (71)Archbishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2003.12.12 – ...):Bishop Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt (74)Bishop Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt (74)

Titular Bishop of Voncariana

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Barranquilla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (71)Archbishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (71)
(2010.11.13 – ...)

Born:1940.12.02 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1966.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1988.09.09

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia) (1988.07.16 – 1995.06.10)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1995.06.10 – 2010.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (2010.11.13 – ...)

Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha (68)Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.08 – 2010.11.13)

Archbishop Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez (69)Archbishop Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez (69)
(1999.03.18 – 2010.07.08)

Tunc dixi ecce venio

Born:1942.09.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1992.03.25

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1992.02.11 – 1999.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – 2010.07.08)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (2008.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2010.07.08 – ...)

Vice-President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) (2011.05.19 – ...)

Archbishop Félix María Torres Parra
(1987.05.11 – 1999.03.18)

Born:1923.07.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1946.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1966.07.24
Died:2007.04.03 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1966.06.04 – 1969.04.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1966.06.04 – 1969.04.25)

Bishop of Sincelejo (Colombia) (1969.04.25 – 1980.12.11)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1980.12.11 – 1987.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1987.05.11 – 1999.03.18)

Archbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M.
(1969.04.25 – 1987.05.11)

Born:1911.04.21 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1957.02.10
Died:1992.06.18 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Lamdia (1956.11.10 – 1959.02.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1956.11.10 – 1959.02.03)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1959.02.03 – 1969.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1969.04.25 – 1987.05.11)

Bishops of Barranquilla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. (later Archbishop)
(1959.02.03 – 1969.04.25)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Gallego Pérez
(1953.02.03 – 1958.12.18)

Born:1903.04.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1925.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Died:1960.05.21 († 57)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1953.02.03 – 1958.12.18)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra
(1948.08.19 – 1952.12.18)

Born:1908.06.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1948.10.31
Died:1991.04.01 († 82)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1948.08.19 – 1952.12.18)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20)

Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B.
(1942.06.26 – 1948.02.23)

Born:1884.04.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1907.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:1942.08.16
Died:1958.09.24 († 74)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1942.06.26 – 1948.02.23)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)

Bishop Luis Calixto Leiva Charry
(1933.11.21 – 1939.05.16)

Born:1891.03.24 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1934.04.08
Died:1939.05.16 († 48)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1933.11.21 – 1939.05.16)

Former Prelates

as of 2012.01.15

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