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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ibagué

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Espinal, Florencia, Garzón, Líbano – Honda, Neiva

History

  • 1900.05.20: Established as Diocese of Ibagué / Ibaguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tolima)
  • 1974.12.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué / Ibaguen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ibagué (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata (65)Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata (65)
(2003.01.10 – ...)

Born:1944.02.18 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1968.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:1989.03.16

Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia) (1989.02.16 – 1993.02.16)

Bishop of Sonsón – Rionegro (Colombia) (1993.02.16 – 2003.01.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2003.01.10 – ...)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (71)Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (71)
(1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)

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 – ...)

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

Archbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández
(1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25)

Born:1916.11.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1940.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1955.04.24
Died:1996.06.22 († 79)

Bishop of Duitama (Colombia) (1955.03.07 – 1964.03.17)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1964.03.17 – 1974.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25)

Bishops of Ibagué (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández (later Archbishop)
(1964.03.17 – 1974.12.14)

(see above)

Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo (later Archbishop)
(1959.11.02 – 1964.01.03)

Born:1916.03.20 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1939.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Died:1987.03.09 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Badiae (1952.12.18 – 1956.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1956.11.04)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1956.11.04 – 1959.11.02)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1959.11.02 – 1964.01.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1964.01.03 – 1967)

Titular Archbishop of Lares (1964.01.03 – 1974.10.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1967 – 1974.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1974.10.03 – 1983)

Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas (later Archbishop)
(1957.03.17 – 1959.07.07)

Born:1899.11.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1926.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1949.08.07
Died:1977.07.26 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Vatarba (1949.05.07 – 1957.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1949.05.07 – 1957.03.17)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1957.03.17 – 1959.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1959.07.07 – 1975.05.23)

Bishop Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade (later Archbishop)
(1924.04.10 – 1957.03.17)

Born:1873.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1897.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1924.08.03
Died:1967.11.05 († 94)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1924.04.10 – 1957.03.17)

Titular Archbishop of Brysis (1957.03.17 – 1967.11.05)

Bishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero (later Archbishop)
(1903.04.29 – 1923.02.05)

Born:1872.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1903.06.19
Died:1950.06.03 († 78)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1903.04.29 – 1923.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1928.01.02 – 1950.06.03)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.01.30

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