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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Cali

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Buenaventura, Buga, Cartago, Palmira

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History

  • 1910.06.07: Established as Diocese of Cali / Calien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán)
  • 1927.05.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco
  • 1952.11.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura
  • 1952.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Palmira
  • 1962.03.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cartago
  • 1964.06.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali / Calien(sis) (Latin)
  • 1966.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Buga

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.05.18 – ...):Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (63)Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2009.04.15 – ...):Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles (55)Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles (55)

Titular Bishop of Calama

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (63)Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (63)
(2011.05.18 – ...)

Born:1948.03.15 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1976.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:1993.11.15

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)

Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia) (2001.07.25 – 2010.06.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2010.06.03 – 2011.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2011.05.18 – ...)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (73)Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (73)
(2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)

Born:1938.07.30 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1978.05.06

Titular Bishop of Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29)

Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino
(1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)

Born:1939.02.15 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:1985.06.17
Died:2002.03.16 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1995.08.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (79)Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (79) (later Cardinal)
(1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:1932.09.13 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1956.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1972.07.11
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1971.06.02 – 1983.03.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1983.03.26 – 1985.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1990 – 1996)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1994.12.27 – 2010.07.08)

Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (2001.02.21 [2001.02.25] – ...)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (2002 – 2005)

Archbishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta
(1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)

Born:1918.12.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.03
Died:1985.12.13 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia) (1957.03.18 – 1960.07.13)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)

Bishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (later Archbishop)
(1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Gallego Pérez
(1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)

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 Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B.
(1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)

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 Adriano Díaz Melo
(1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)

Born:1872.09.07 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1897.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1927.10.15
Died:1955.02.26 († 82)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Celenderis (1947.11.13 – 1955.02.26)

Bishop Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (later Archbishop)
(1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)

Born:1853.05.11 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1912
Died:1937.09.10 († 84)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia (1926.09.28 – 1937.09.10)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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