Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

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Archdiocese of Medellín
Archidioecesis Medellensis
Statistics
Country: Colombia
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 708 km²
Cathedral: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana
de la Inmaculada Concepción
(Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica
of the Immaculate Conception)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S.
Auxiliary Bishop: Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.
Gilberto Jiménez Narváez
Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid
Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín {Latin: Medellen(sis)} is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.

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[edit] History

  • February 14, 1868: Established as Diocese of Medellín from the Diocese of Antioquía
  • February 24, 1902: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

[edit] Special Churches

  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Chiquinquirá
    • Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín

[edit] Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín

Name Date of birth
Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 4 Jun 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Joaquín Pardo-Vergara (22 Jan 1892 Appointed - )
Emanuele Giuseppe Cayzedo y Cuero (14 Dec 1905 Appointed - 22 Jun 1937 Died)
Tiberio Salazar Herrera (22 Jun 1937 Succeeded - 1942 Died)
Joaquín Garcia Benitez (14 May 1942 Appointed - 28 Nov 1957 Retired)
Tulio Botero Salazar (8 Dec 1957 Appointed - 2 Jun 1979 Retired)
Alfonso López Trujillo (2 Jun 1979 Succeeded - 9 Jan 1991 Resigned)
Héctor Rueda Hernández (7 Nov 1991 Appointed - 13 Feb 1997 Retired)
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo P.S.S. (13 Feb 1997 Appointed - )

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

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