Archdiocese of Cali
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Archdiocese of Cali Archidioecesis Caliensis | |
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| File:Escudo Arquidiócesis de Cali.svg | |
| Location | |
| Country | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cali |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,504 km2 (967 sq mi) |
Population
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7 June 1910 (115 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez |
| Bishops emeritus | Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía |
| Map | |
| File:Mapa Arquidiocesis de Cali.svg | |
| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesiscali.org | |
The Archdiocese of Cali (Latin: Archidioecesis Caliensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Cali.
History
[edit | edit source]- 7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán
- 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali
Bishops
[edit | edit source]Ordinaries
[edit | edit source]- Bishops of Cali
- Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)
- Luis Adriano Díaz Melo (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)
- Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)
- Francisco Gallego Pérez (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)
- Archbishops of Cali
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)
- Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 2001)
- Isaías Duarte Cancino (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
- Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)
- Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (2011.05.18 – 2022.12.08)
- Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2022.12.08 – present)
Coadjutor archbishops
[edit | edit source]- Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (1983–1985); future Cardinal
- Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (2010–2011)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit | edit source]- Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1952–1959), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
- Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1969–1977), appointed Bishop of Jericó
- Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (1978–1983), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja (later returned here as Archbishop)
- Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (1987–1998), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá
- Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1988–1992), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio
- Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (1992–1995), appointed Bishop of Pasto
- Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil (1992–2002), appointed Bishop of Montelibano
- José Soleibe Arbeláez (1999–2002), appointed Bishop of Caldas
- Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (1999–2007), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
- Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (2003–2006), appointed Bishop of Girardota
- Julio Hernando García Peláez (2005–2010), appointed Bishop of Istmina-Tadó
- José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (2006–2010), appointed Bishop of Cartago
- José Daniel Falla Robles (2009–2016), appointed Bishop of Soacha
- Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2014–2022), appointed coadjutor here and succeeded in the same year
- Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015–2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit | edit source]- Fernando Torres Durán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá in 1996
- Héctor Epalza Quintero (priest here, 1965-1989), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2004
Suffragan dioceses
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]External links
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