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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

Bishop (2010.10.21 – ...):Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (66)Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cartago (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (66)Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (66)
(2010.10.21 – ...)

Born:1945.04.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:2007.01.27

Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus (2006.11.13 – 2010.10.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2006.11.13 – 2010.10.21)

Bishop of Cartago (Colombia) (2010.10.21 – ...)

Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (77)Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.05 – 2010.10.21)

Archbishop Luis Madrid Merlano (65)Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano (65) (later Archbishop)
(1995.04.19 – 2010.03.30)

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 – 2010.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2010.03.30 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Cúcuta (Colombia) (2010.09.01 – 2011.07.16)

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 2012.01.15

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