Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán (Latin: Popayanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Popayán in Colombia.^[1][2]

Archdiocese of Popayán Archidioecesis Popayanensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Popayán
Statistics
Area	17,087 km2 (6,597 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,160,071 1,100,000 (94.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	22 August 1546 (478 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.
Bishops emeritus	Iván Antonio Marín López
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdepopayan.org

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption

History

• 22 August 1546: Established as Diocese of Popayán from the Diocese of Panamá
• 20 June 1900: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán

Ordinaries

Bishops of Popayán

1. Juan Valle (27 August 1547 – 1563)^[3][4]
2. Agustín Gormaz Velasco, OSA (1 March 1564 – 1590)^[3]
3. Domingo de Ulloa, OP (9 December 1591 – 3 April 1598),^[3][5] appointed Bishop of Michoacán, México
4. Juan de La Roca (5 July 1599 – 7 September 1605)^[3]
5. Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, OSA (17 November 1608 – 14 February 1618)^[6]
6. Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm. (2 December 1619 – 27 January 1631), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
7. Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (10 February 1631 – 5 September 1633), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
8. Diego Montoya Mendoza (5 September 1633 – 5 October 1637, appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
9. Francisco de la Serna, OSA (25 August 1637 – 21 August 1645),^[7] appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
10. Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (25 February 1658 – 7 June 1666), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
11. Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (16 January 1668 – 8 February 1672), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
12. Cristóbal Bernardo de Quirós (16 May 1672 – 11 May 1684)
13. Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (12 August 1686 – 20 February 1696), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
14. Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD (18 June 1696 – 1 October 1714), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
15. Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 November 1714 – 19 November 1725), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
16. Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja (19 November 1725 – 9 September 1728)
17. Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva (20 September 1728 – 29 September 1731)
18. Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (19 December 1732 – 12 December 1740), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
19. Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (30 January 1741 – 24 January 1752), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
20. Diego del Corro (24 January 1752 – 13 March 1758), appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru
21. Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena (13 March 1758 – 14 July 1785)
22. Angel Velarde y Bustamante (15 September 1788 – 6 July 1809)
23. Salvador Jiménez y Padilla (8 March 1816 – 13 February 1841)
24. Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, OFM (23 May 1842 – 7 August 1851)
25. Pedro Antonio Torres (20 December 1853 – 18 December 1866)
26. Carlos Bermúdez (13 March 1868 – 6 December 1887)
27. Juan Buenaventura Ortiz (1 June 1888 – 15 August 1894)
28. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (2 December 1895 – 20 June 1900)

Archbishops of Popayán

1. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (20 June 1900 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
2. Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM (18 April 1907 – 31 March 1923)
3. Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (15 November 1923 – 7 November 1940)
4. Juan Manuel González Arbeláez (20 June 1942 – 1 February 1944)
5. Diego María Gómez Tamayo (22 April 1944 – 12 September 1964)
6. Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (7 April 1965 – 11 October 1976)
7. Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, CM (11 October 1976 – 11 April 1990)
8. Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, PSS (18 December 1990 – 13 February 1997), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
9. Iván Antonio Marín López (19 April 1997 – 19 May 2018)
10. Luis José Rueda Aparicio (19 May 2018 – 25 April 2020), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá
11. Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (12 October 2020 – present)

Other affiliated bishops

Auxiliary bishops

• Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. (1837)
• Mateo José González Rubio (1839-1845)
• José Elías Puyana (1849-1859), appointed Bishop of Pasto
• Raúl Zambrano Camader (1956-1962), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
• Alfonso Arteaga Yepes (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Ipiales
• Hernando Velásquez Lotero (1971-1973), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
• Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá (later returned here as Archbishop)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Cali in 1911

Suffragan dioceses

• Ipiales
• Pasto
• Tumaco

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

1. "Archdiocese of Popayán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
2. "Metropolitan Diocese of Popayán" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 278.
4. "Bishop Juan Valle" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 5, 2016
5. "Bishop Domingo de Ulloa, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. ^{[self-published source]}
6. "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
7. "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016

External links

• GCatholic.org

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