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Diocese of

Cartago

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cali

History

  • 1962.03.16: Established as Diocese of Cartago / Carthaden(sis) in Columbia (Latin) (from Diocese of Cali)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cartago (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (63)
(1995.04.19 – ...)

Born:1946.10.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1988.07.03

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1988.05.21 – 1995.04.19)

Bishop of Cartago (Colombia) (1995.04.19 – ...)

Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras
(1962.04.26 – 1995.04.19)

Born:1919.07.15 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1959.01.06
Died:2006.03.15 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Victoriana (1958.12.18 – 1962.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1958.12.18 – 1962.04.26)

Bishop of Cartago (Colombia) (1962.04.26 – 1995.04.19)

as of 2010.01.30

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