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.
Archdiocese of Cali Archidioecesis Caliensis | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Cali |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,504 km2 (967 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 2,606,000 2,215,000 (85.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 7 June 1910 (114 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez |
Bishops emeritus | Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.arquidiocesiscali.org |
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- 7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán
- 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali
Ordinaries
- 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 (since 2011.05.18)
Coadjutor archbishops
- Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (1983-1985); future Cardinal
- Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (2010-2011)
Auxiliary bishops
- 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-)
- Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Fernando Torres Durán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá in 1996
- Héctor Epalza Quintero (prest here, 1965-1989), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2004
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