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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellin Latin Medellensis is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellin in Colombia Archdiocese of MedellinArchidioecesis MedellensisLocationCountryColombiaStatisticsArea708 km2 273 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 3 012 8472 625 494 87 1 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished14 February 1868 156 years ago CathedralCatedral Basilica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada ConcepcionCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopRicardo Antonio Tobon RestrepoAuxiliary BishopsJose Mauricio Velez GarciaBishops emeritusJorge Ivan Castano Rubio CMFMapWebsitewww arqmedellin comBasilica Menor Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Chiquinquira La EstrellaArchbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobon Restrepo is the current archbishop of Medellin Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellin 4 Other affiliated bishops 4 1 Coadjutor bishops 4 2 Auxiliary bishops 4 3 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 5 Suffragan dioceses 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory edit14 February 1868 Established as Diocese of Medellin from the Diocese of Antioquia 24 February 1902 Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of MedellinSpecial churches editMinor Basilicas Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Chiquinquira La Estrella Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Medellin Medellin cathedral is also a minor basilica Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellin editName Dates of serviceValerio Antonio Jimenez Ximenes 13 Mar 1868 Appointed 29 May 1873 Resigned Jose Joaquin Isaza Ruiz 29 May 1873 Succeeded 29 Dec 1874 Died Jose Ignacio Montoya Pelaez 7 Apr 1876 Appointed 15 Jul 1884 Died Bernardo Herrera Restrepo 27 Mar 1885 Appointed 4 Jun 1891 Appointed Archbishop of Santafe en Nueva Granada Joaquin Pardo Vergara 22 Jan 1892 Appointed Manuel Jose Caicedo Martinez 14 Dec 1905 Appointed 22 Jun 1937 Died Tiberio Salazar Herrera 22 Jun 1937 Succeeded 1942 Died Joaquin Garcia Benitez 14 May 1942 Appointed 28 Nov 1957 Retired Tulio Botero Salazar 8 Dec 1957 Appointed 2 Jun 1979 Retired Alfonso Lopez Trujillo Cardinal in 1983 2 Jun 1979 Succeeded 9 Jan 1991 Resigned Hector Rueda Hernandez 7 Nov 1991 Appointed 13 Feb 1997 Retired Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo P S S 13 Feb 1997 Appointed 16 Feb 2010 Retired Ricardo Antonio Tobon Restrepo 16 Feb 2010 Appointed present Other affiliated bishops editCoadjutor bishops edit Jose Joaquin Isaza Ruiz 1869 1873 Tiberio de Jesus Salazar y Herrera 1932 1937 Alfonso Lopez Trujillo 1978 1979 future CardinalAuxiliary bishops edit Francesco Saverio Zaldua 1882 did not take effect Mose Higuera 1884 1915 Buenaventura Jauregui Prieto 1951 1957 appointed Bishop of Zipaquira Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina 1959 1964 appointed Bishop of Monteria Octavio Betancourt Arango 1970 1975 appointed Bishop of Garzon Rodrigo Arango Velasquez P S S 1981 1985 appointed Bishop of Buga Fabio Betancur Tirado 1982 1984 appointed Bishop of La Dorada Guaduas Jose Roberto Lopez Londono 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 Gutierrez S D S 1993 1997 appointed Bishop of Apartado Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia 1993 2001 appointed Bishop of Malaga Soata Orlando Antonio Corrales Garcia 1998 2001 appointed Bishop of Palmira Gonzalo de Jesus Rivera Gomez 1998 2010 Jorge Ivan Castano Rubio C M F 2001 2010 Gilberto Jimenez Narvaez 2001 2012 Victor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid 2006 2011 appointed Bishop of Malaga Soata Edgar Aristizabal Quintero 2011 2017 appointed Bishop of Yopal Hugo Alberto Torres Marin 2011 2015 appointed Bishop of Apartado Elkin Fernando Alvarez Botero 2012 2020 appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos Jose Mauricio Velez Garcia 2017 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit Manuel Antonio Lopez de Mesa appointed Bishop of Antioquia in 1902 Emilio Botero Gonzalez appointed Bishop of Pasto in 1947 Guillermo Escobar Velez appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquia in 1952 Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1963 Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2003 Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin priest here 1976 1988 appointed Bishop of Quibdo in 2011 Luis Fernando Rodriguez Velasquez appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2014 Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve appointed Bishop of Mocoa Sibundoy in 2015Suffragan dioceses editCaldas Girardota Jerico Sonson RionegroSee also editRoman Catholicism in ColombiaReferences edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Medellin nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellin External links editCatholic Hierarchy self published source GCatholic org 6 13 00 N 75 34 00 W 6 2167 N 75 5667 W 6 2167 75 5667 nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman 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