Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

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

Archdiocese of Medellín Archidioecesis Medellensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Statistics
Area	708 km2 (273 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 3,012,847 2,625,494 (87.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	14 February 1868 (156 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo
Auxiliary Bishops	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

Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo 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

Name	Dates of service
Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes)	(13 Mar 1868 Appointed - 29 May 1873 Resigned)
José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz	(29 May 1873 Succeeded - 29 Dec 1874 Died)
José Ignacio Montoya Peláez	(7 Apr 1876 Appointed - 15 Jul 1884 Died)
Bernardo Herrera Restrepo	(27 Mar 1885 Appointed – 4 Jun 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Joaquín Pardo Vergara	(22 Jan 1892 Appointed – )
Manuel José Caicedo Martínez	(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 [Cardinal in 1983]	(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 – 16 Feb 2010 Retired)
Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo	(16 Feb 2010 Appointed – present)

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

• José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz (1869–1873)
• Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera (1932–1937)
• Alfonso López Trujillo (1978–1979); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

• Francesco Saverio Zaldúa (1882); did not take effect
• Mosé Higuera (1884–1915)
• Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1951–1957), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá
• Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (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
• Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (1993–1997), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1993–2001), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• Orlando Antonio Corrales García (1998–2001), appointed Bishop of Palmira
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (1998–2010)
• Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. (2001–2010)
• Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (2001–2012)
• Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (2006–2011), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2011–2017), appointed Bishop of Yopal
• Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (2011–2015), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero (2012–2020), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
• José Mauricio Vélez García (2017-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Manuel Antonio López de Mesa, appointed Bishop of Antioquía in 1902
• Emilio Botero González, appointed Bishop of Pasto in 1947
• Guillermo Escobar Vélez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía in 1952
• Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1963
• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2003
• Fidel León Cadavid Marin (priest here, 1976–1988), appointed Bishop of Quibdó in 2011
• Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2014
• Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy in 2015

Suffragan dioceses

• Caldas
• Girardota
• Jericó
• Sonsón – Rionegro

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org