Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales

Archdiocese of Manizales Archidioecesis Manizalensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Manizales
Statistics
Area	3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 750,000 731,000 (97.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 April 1900 (121 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesisdemanizales.com

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales (Latin: Manizalensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manizales in Colombia.

History[]

• 11 April 1900: Established as Diocese of Manizales from the Diocese of Medellín
• 10 May 1954: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales

Special churches[]

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Manizales
  • Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Victorias in Santa Rosa de Cabal

Ordinaries[]

• Bishops of Manizales
  • † (16 Dec 1901 – 25 Oct 1921) Died
  • † (6 Jul 1922 – 7 Jul 1932) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín
  • † (3 Jul 1933 – 6 Jun 1934) Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Aenus
  • Luis Concha Córdoba † (13 Jul 1935 – 10 May 1954) see below; future Cardinal
• Archbishops of Manizales
  • Luis Concha Córdoba † (10 May 1954 – 18 May 1959) see above; Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 1961)
  • Arturo Duque Villegas † (7 Jul 1959 – 22 May 1975) Retired
  • José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez † (22 May 1975 – 15 Oct 1996) Resigned (became a Cardinal on 14 February 2015)
  • Fabio Betancur Tirado † (15 Oct 1996 Appointed – 7 Oct 2010) Resigned
  • (7 Oct 2010 – 6 Jan 2020) previously Coadjutor Archbishop; resigned
  • José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (25 Apr 2021 Appointed – present)

Coadjutor archbishop[]

• (2009-2010)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• † (1949-1952), appointed Bishop of Pereira
• , C.M. † (1968-1972), appointed Bishop of Montería
• † (1953-1957), appointed Bishop of Sonsón
• † (1957-1960), appointed Bishop of Jericó

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• Rubén Isaza Restrepo † , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1952
• Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo (priest here, 1958-1960), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán in 1974
• José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2004
• † , appointed Bishop of Girardota in 2006 (did not take effect)
• † , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2014
• , appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá in 2016

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Armenia
• La Dorada–Guaduas
• Pereira

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources[]

External links[]

• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source?]}
• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 5°04′03″N 75°31′03″W / 5.0674°N 75.5174°W / 5.0674; -75.5174

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