Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

Archdiocese of Medellín Archidioecesis Medellensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Statistics
Area	708 km2 (273 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 3,012,847 2,625,494 (87.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	14 February 1868 (153 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero José Mauricio Vélez García
Bishops emeritus	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, CMF
Map
Website
www.arqmedellin.com

Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella

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

Archbishop is the current archbishop of Medellín.

History[]

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

Special churches[]

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella
  • Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín
  • Medellín cathedral is also a minor basilica.

Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín[]

Other affiliated bishops[]

Coadjutor bishops[]

• (1869-1873)
• (1932-1937)
• Alfonso López Trujillo (1978-1979); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (1882); did not take effect
• Mosé Higuera (1884-1915)
• (1951-1957), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá
• (1959-1964), appointed Bishop of Montería
• Octavio Betancourt Arango (1970-1975), appointed Bishop of Garzón
• Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. (1981-1985), appointed Bishop of Buga
• Fabio Betancur Tirado (1982-1984), appointed Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas
• José Roberto López Londoño (1982-1987), appointed Bishop of Armenia
• Abraham Escudero Montoya (1986-1990), appointed Bishop of Espinal
• Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1988-1994), appointed Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
• , S.D.S. (1993-1997), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• (1993-2001), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• (1998-2001), appointed Bishop of Palmira
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (1998-2010)
• , C.M.F. (2001-2010)
• Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (2001-2012)
• (2006-2011), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• (2011-2017), appointed Bishop of Yopal
• (2011-2015), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• (2012-
• (2017-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Bishop of Antioquía in 1902
• , appointed Bishop of Pasto in 1947
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía in 1952
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1963
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2003
• (priest here, 1976-1988), appointed Bishop of Quibdó in 2011
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2014
• , appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy in 2015

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Caldas
• Girardota
• Jericó
• Sonsón – Rionegro

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References[]

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Medellín.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín.

External links[]

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

Coordinates: 6°13′00″N 75°34′00″W / 6.2167°N 75.5667°W / 6.2167; -75.5667

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