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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Santa Fe de Antioquia

Colombia Colombia

History

  • 1804.08.31: Established as Diocese of Antioquía / Antioquien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Cartagena, Diocese of Popayán and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • 1917.02.05: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía – Jericó / Antioquien(sis) – Iericoën(sis) (Latin)
  • 1941.07.03: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía / Antioquien(sis) (Latin)
  • 1988.06.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia / Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (63)Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (63)
(2007.01.12 – ...)

Born:1947.01.26 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:1998.03.25

Titular Bishop of Thuccabora (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2007.01.12 – ...)

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (80)Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (80)
(1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)

Born:1929.12.02 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1958.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1972.09.08

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1972.07.24 – 1992.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (2009.02 – 2009.12.02)

Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. (93)Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. (93)
(1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

Born:1916.04.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1949.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:1970.04.12

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1970.03.06 – 1988.06.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

Bishops of Antioquía (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. (93)Bishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. (93) (later Archbishop)
(1970.03.06 – 1988.06.18)

(see above)

Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez
(1955.04.01 – 1969.07.28)

Born:1909.01.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1933.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:1952.04.27
Died:1986.10.30 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Attuda (1952.03.07 – 1955.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1952.03.07 – 1955.04.01)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1955.04.01 – 1969.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Nicives (1969.07.28 – 1971.01.22)

Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M.
(1944.06.16 – 1955.03.09)

Born:1902.01.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1925.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:1939.05.21
Died:1977.06.29 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Dagnum (1939.03.03 – 1944.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1939.03.03 – 1944.06.16)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1944.06.16 – 1955.03.09)

Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1955.03.09 – 1977.06.29)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa
(1941.07.03 – 1942)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1869.04.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1894.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1942 († 73)

Bishop of Socorro (Colombia) (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1913.12.16 – 1917.02.08)

Bishop of Antioquía – Jericó (Colombia) (1917.02.08 – 1941.07.03)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1941.07.03 – 1942)

Bishops of Antioquía – Jericó (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa
(1917.02.08 – 1941.07.03)

(see above)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (later Archbishop)
(1911.10.10 – 1917.02.07)

Born:1861.10.18 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1940.11.07 († 79)

Bishop of Antioquía – Jericó (Colombia) (1911.10.10 – 1917.02.07)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1923.11.15 – 1940.11.07)

Bishops of Antioquía (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuseppe Villalba
(1900.09.25 – 1911)

Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1911

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1900.09.25 – 1911)

Bishop Gesu Maria Rodriguez
(1883.08.09 – ?)

Born:1836.01.10 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1883.08.09 – ?)

Bishop Gioacchino Guglielmo Gonzales
(1873.03.21 – ?)

Born:1829 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1873.03.21 – ?)

Bishop Fernando Cano Almirante, O.F.M.
(1818.12.21 – 1825.12.19)

Born:1761.12.12 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1820
Died:1826.09.22 († 64)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1818.12.21 – 1825.12.19)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1825.12.19 – 1826.09.22)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.01.30

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