Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá

Archdiocese of Bogotá Archidioecesis Bogotensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bogotá
Statistics
Area	4,019 km2 (1,552 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 4,184,000 3,586,000 (85.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 September 1562 (454 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Primada Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción
Patron saint	St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Rubén Salazar Gómez
Auxiliary Bishops	Fernando Sabogal Viana
Emeritus Bishops	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz
Map
Website
www.arquibogota.org.co

Cathedral of Bogotá next to Sacred Chapel and Archiepiscopal Palace

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Bogotá; Latin: Archidioecesis Bogotensis) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia. It was founded as the Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada on 11 September 1562.^[1][2] The current Archbishop is Jesús Rubén Salazar Gómez since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Santafé en Nueva Granada

1. Juan de los Barrios, OFM (22 March 1564 – 12 February 1569)
2. Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, OFM (8 January 1570 – 24 February 1590)
3. Alfonso López de Avila (29 November 1591 – 30 December 1591)
4. Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (30 April 1593 – 17 August 1594)
5. Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero (12 August 1596 – 19 November 1607)
6. Juan Castro, OSA (7 January 1608 – June 1609)
7. Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez (19 April 1610 – 11 June 1614)
8. Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (January 1618 – 30 July 1625)
9. Julián de Cortázar (7 April 1625 – 31 October 1630)
10. Bernardino de Almansa Carrión (15 December 1631 – 26 September 1633)
11. Cristóbal de Torres, OP (8 January 1635 – 8 July 1654)
12. Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, OP (10 November 1659 – 1678)
13. Antonio Sanz Lozano (22 February 1681 – 28 May 1688)
14. Ignacio de Urbina, OSH (26 September 1690 – 9 April 1703)
15. Francisco de Cosío y Otero (14 January 1704 - 29 November 1715)
16. Francisco del Rincón, OM (5 October 1716 – 28 June 1723)
17. Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones (29 January 1725 – 21 October 1736)
18. Juan de Galavís, O. Praem (3 March 1738 – 14 November 1739)
19. Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (12 December 1740 – 7 February 1744)
20. Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (18 December 1744 – 11 August 1753)
21. José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (2 June 1754 – February 1764)
22. Manuel Sosa Betencourt (22 April 1765 – 12 November 1765)
23. Francisco Antonio de la Riva Mazo (9 December 1765 – 8 December 1768)
24. Lucas Ramírez Galán, OFM (21 August 1769 – 12 December 1770)
25. Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas, OP (28 September 1771 – 13 April 1774)
26. Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo (13 March 1775 – 14 December 1778)
27. Antonio Caballero y Góngora (14 December 1778 – 15 September 1788)
28. Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón (15 December 1788 – 17 August 1797)
29. Fernando del Portillo y Torres, OP (29 October 1798 – 20 January 1804)
30. Juan Bautista Sacristán y Galiano (20 August 1804 – 1 February 1817)
31. Isidoro Domínguez, CRM (23 August 1819 – April 1822)
32. Fernando Caycedit Florez (19 July 1827 – 17 February 1832)
33. Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda (21 September 1835 – 10 December 1853)
34. Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa (21 January 1855 – 6 February 1868)
35. Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (6 February 1868 – 29 June 1884)
36. José Telésforo Paúl, SJ (6 August 1884 – 8 April 1889)
37. Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. (6 October 1889 – 10 April 1891)
38. Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (4 June 1891 – 2 January 1928)

Archbishops of Bogotá

1. Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (4 June 1891 – 2 January 1928)
2. Ismael Perdomo Borrero (2 January 1928 – 3 June 1950)
3. Crisanto Luque Sánchez (14 July 1950 – 7 May 1959)
4. Luis Concha Córdoba (18 May 1959 – 22 July 1972)
5. Anibal Muñoz Duque (29 July 1972 – 25 June 1984)
6. Mario Revollo Bravo (25 June 1984 – 27 December 1994)
7. Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (27 December 1994 – 8 Jul 2010)
8. Rubén Salazar Gómez (8 July 2010 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

• José Carrión y Marfil (25 June 1784 – 18 December 1786)
• José Antonio Chaves, OFM (20 January 1834 – 3 March 1856)
• Indalecio Barreto (21 March 1873 – 16 January 1874)
• Mosé Higuera (7 April 1876 – 4 March 1884)
• Leonidas Medina (27 March 1916 – 7 March 1923)
• Luis Andrade Valderrama, OFM (3 March 1939 – 16 June 1944)
• Emilio de Brigard Ortiz (29 July 1944 – 6 March 1986)
• Luis Pérez Hernández, CIM (3 November 1945 – 29 May 1956)
• José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1951 – 18 Dec 1952)
• Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (18 January 1953 – 14 June 1974)
• Pablo Correa León (10 November 1956 – 22 July 1959)
• José Gabriel Calderón Contreras (18 December 1958 – 26 April 1962)
• Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, OAR (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 February 1971 – 8 July 1974)
• Alfonso López Trujillo (25 February 1971 – 22 May 1978)
• Luis Alberto Parra Mora (9 October 1971 – 18 October 2003)
• Mario Revollo Bravo (13 November 1973 – 28 February 1978)
• Víctor Manuel López Forero (6 May 1977 – 6 December 1980)
• Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, OFM (6 May 1977 – 23 March 1984)
• Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (6 May 1977 – 15 April 1986)
• Jorge Ardila Serrano (27 October 1980 – 21 May 1988)
• Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (3 May 1986 – 16 February 1989)
• Enrique Sarmiento Angulo (3 May 1986 – 13 Aug 1994)
• Fabio Suescún Mutis (3 May 1986 – 20 November 1993)
• Agustín Otero Largacha, OAR (3 May 1986 – 9 May 2004)
• José Daniel Falla Robles (28 November 1992 – 15 April 2009)
• Oscar Urbina Ortega (8 March 1996 – 9 November 1999)
• José Ruiz Arenas (8 March 1996 – 16 July 2002)
• Fernando Sabogal Viana (8 March 1996 – 1 December 2013)
• Daniel Caro Borda (21 July 2000 – 6 August 2003)
• José Roberto Ospina Leongómez (19 April 2004 – 10 May 2012)
• Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa (22 October 2008 – 2 February 2011)
• Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (7 Nov 2015 – )
• Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla (7 Nov 2015 – )

Bishops who were priests of the archdiocese

• Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (19 December 1885 – 25 July 1905)
• Alfredo Rubio Díaz (7 November 1926 – 7 July 1953)
• Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (8 November 1942 – 19 December 1953)
• Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (22 September 1962 – 13 February 1987)
• Héctor Cubillos Peña (29 November 1974 – 15 February 2002)
• Mario Eduardo Dorsonville (23 November 1985 – 20 March 2015)

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Engativá
• Diocese of Facatativá
• Diocese of Fontibón
• Diocese of Girardot
• Diocese of Soacha
• Diocese of Zipaquirá

Education

Universities & seminaries

Seal	School	Location	Religious order	Founded
	Catholic University of Colombia	Bogotá		1970
	Del Rosario University	Bogotá		1653
	Major Seminary of Bogotá	Bogotá	Society of Jesus (former) Society of Saint Sulpice (former)	1581
	Pontifical Xavierian University	Bogotá	Society of Jesus	1623
	Saint Thomas Aquinas University	Bogotá	Dominican Order	1580

Secondary schools

Seal	School	Location	Religious order	Founded
	Aspaen Gimnasio Iragua	Bogotá		1968
	Colegio Agustiniano Norte	Bogotá	Augustinians	1969
	Colegio Augustiniano Ciudad Salitre	Bogotá	Augustinians
	Colegio Franciscano del Virrey Solis	Bogotá	Franciscans
	Colegio Jordán de Sajonia	Bogotá	Dominican Order	1954
	Colegio de la Presentación Centro	Bogotá	Dominican Sisters of the Presentation
	Colegio de la Presentación Las Ferias	Bogotá	Dominican Sisters of the Presentation
	Colegio de la Presentación Luna Park	Bogotá	Dominican Sisters of the Presentation
	Colegio de la Presentación Sans Façon	Bogotá	Dominican Sisters of the Presentation	1898
	Colegio del Sagrado Corazón De Jesus	Bogotá	Bethlehemite Sisters
	Colegio Salesiano de Leon XIII	Bogotá	Salesians of Don Bosco	1890
	Colegio San Bartolomé La Merced	Bogotá	Society of Jesus	1941
	Colegio San Carlos	Bogotá	Order of Saint Benedict	1961
	Colegio San Felipe Neri	Bogotá
	Colegio de San Juan Bautista De La Salle	Bogotá	De La Salle Brothers
	Colegio San Viator	Bogotá
	Colegio Santa Franscisca Romana	Bogotá	Franciscans
	Colegio Santa Maria	Bogotá
	Colegio del Santo Ángelhm	Bogotá
	Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino	Bogotá
	Gimansio La Salle	Bogotá	De La Salle Brothers
	Gimnasio Los Caobos	Bogotá	Society of Jesus	1991
	Instituto San Juan de Dios	Bogotá
	Instituto de la Virgen de Fátima	Bogotá
	Liceo Parroquial Sara Zapata	Bogotá

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Official website
• Catholic Encyclopedia

Coordinates: 4°35′52″N 74°04′30″W / 4.5978°N 74.0750°W / 4.5978; -74.0750