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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Medellín

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Caldas, Girardota, Jericó, Sonsón–Rionegro

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History

  • 1868.02.14: Established as Diocese of Medellín / Medellen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Antioquía)
  • 1900.04.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manizales
  • 1902.02.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín / Medellen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1915.01.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jericó
  • 1957.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sonsón
  • 1988.06.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caldas and Diocese of Girardota

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2010.02.16 – ...):Archbishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (60)Archbishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (60)
Auxiliary Bishop (2001.03.20 – ...):Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (74)Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (74)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia

Bishop emeritus of Riohacha (Colombia)

Auxiliary Bishop (2011.05.04 – ...):Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (46)Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (46)

Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ

Auxiliary Bishop (2011.05.04 – ...):Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (51)Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (51)

Titular Bishop of Bossa

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (60)Archbishop Richardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (60)
(2010.02.16 – ...)

Born:1951.05.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1975.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:2003.06.14

Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (2003.04.25 – 2010.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2010.02.16 – ...)

Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (77)Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (77)
(1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Born:1934.10.07 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1958.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:1974.09.15

Titular Bishop of Obba (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1983.07.26)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1983.07.26 – 1990.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1990.12.18 – 1997.02.13)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1996 – 2002)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Cartago (Colombia) (2010.05 – 2010.10.21)

Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández
(1991.11.07 – 1997.02.13)

Born:1920.11.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1946.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:1960.06.19
Died:2011.11.01 († 90)

Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1960.05.06 – 1974.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1991.11.07)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1984 – 1987)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1991.11.07 – 1997.02.13)

Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo
(1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Veritas et caritate

Born:1935.11.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.11.13
Consecrated Bishop:1971.03.25
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2008.04.19 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

Secretary General of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) (1972 – 1979)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1978.05.22 – 1979.06.02)

President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) (1979 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1983.02.02 – 2001.11.17)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1987 – 1990)

President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1990.11.08 – 2008.04.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001.11.17 [2002.04.27] – 2008.04.19)

Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M.
(1957.12.08 – 1979.06.02)

Born:1904.03.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1931.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1949.08.14
Died:1981.03.01 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Marida (1949.05.07 – 1952.05.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1949.05.07 – 1952.05.01)

Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1957.12.08 – 1979.06.02)

Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M.
(1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

Born:1883.04.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1909.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1918.02.17
Died:1958.09.01 († 75)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1917.09.17 – 1942.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1957.11.28 – 1958.09.01)

Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera
(1937.06.22 – 1942.03.04)

Born:1871.07.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1897.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1922.11.19
Died:1942.03.04 († 70)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1922.07.06 – 1932.07.07)

Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1937.06.22 – 1942.03.04)

Archbishop Emanuele Giuseppe Cayzedo y Cuero
(1905.12.14 – 1937.06.22)

Born:1850.11.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1883.09.22
Died:1937.06.22 († 86)

Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1892.02.11 – 1895.12.02)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1895.12.02 – 1900.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1900.06.20 – 1905.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1905.12.14 – 1937.06.22)

Archbishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara
(1902.02.24 – 1904.11.14)

Born:1843.01.21
Died:1904.11.14 († 61)

Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1891.06.04 – 1892.01.22)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1892.01.22 – 1902.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1902.02.24 – 1904.11.14)

Bishops of Medellín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara (later Archbishop)
(1892.01.22 – 1902.02.24)

(see above)

Bishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (later Archbishop)
(1885.03.27 – 1891.06.04)

Born:1844.09.11 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1885.12.27
Died:1928.01.02 († 83)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1885.03.27 – 1891.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1891.06.04 – 1898.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1898.06.08 – 1928.01.02)

Bishop José Ignacio Montoya Peláez
(1876.04.17 – 1884.07.16)

Died:1884.07.16

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1876.04.17 – 1884.07.16)

Bishop José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz
(1873.03.29 – 1874.12.29)

Died:1874.12.29

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1873.03.29 – 1874.12.29)

Bishop Valerio Antonio Jiménez
(1868.03.13 – 1873.03.29)

Born:1805

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1868.03.13 – 1873.03.29)

Former Prelates

as of 2012.01.15

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