Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.04.25 – ...):	Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio (62) Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.11.07 – ...):	Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (57) Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.03.26 – ...):	Bishop Alejandro Díaz García (50) Titular Bishop of Iomnium
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.06.29 – ...):	Bishop Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo (49) Titular Bishop of Mazaca

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bogotá (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio (62)
(2020.04.25 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina
Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Permanezcan en mi amor

Born:	1962.03.03 (San Gil, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.18
Created Cardinal:	2023.09.30

Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1989.11.23 – 2012.02.02)

Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia) (2012.02.02 – 2018.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (2018.05.19 – 2020.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2020.04.25 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Soacha (Colombia) (2021.05.13 – 2022.04.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2021.07.04 – 2024.07.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina (2023.09.30 – ...)

Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez (82)
(2010.07.08 – 2020.04.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia)

Tunc dixi ecce venio

Born:	1942.09.22 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.25
Created Cardinal:	2012.11.24

Priest of Ibagué (Colombia) (1967.05.20 – 1992.02.11)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1992.02.11 – 1999.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – 2010.07.08)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2008.07.03 – 2014.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (2010.07.08 – 2020.04.25)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella (2012.11.24 [2013.04.28] – ...)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz
(1994.12.27 – 2010.07.08)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1932.09.13 (Cartago, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.07.11
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2024.04.15 (Bogotá, Colombia † 91)

Priest of Cali (Colombia) (1956.07.08 – 1971.06.02)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1971.06.02 – 1983.03.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1983.03.26 – 1985.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1990 – 1996)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1994.12.27 – 2010.07.08)

Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (2001.02.21 [2001.02.25] – 2024.04.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2002 – 2005.07.05)

Cardinal Mario Revollo Bravo
(1984.06.25 – 1994.12.27)

Vis pacis

Born:	1919.06.15 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.02
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	1995.11.03 (Bogotá, Colombia † 76)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1943.10.31 – 1973.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia (1973.11.13 – 1978.02.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1973.11.13 – 1978.02.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1978 – 1984)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1978.02.28 – 1984.06.25)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1984.06.25 – 1985.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1984.06.25 – 1994.12.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1988.06.28 – 1995.11.03)

Cardinal Aníbal Muñoz Duque
(1972.07.29 – 1984.06.25)

Jesus Christus et hodie ipse et in sæcula

Born:	1908.10.03 (Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.27
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1987.01.15 (Bogotá, Colombia † 78)

Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1933.11.19 – 1951.04.08)

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1951.04.08 – 1952.12.18)

Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1959.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1959.08.03 – 1968.03.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1966 – 1972)

Titular Archbishop of Cariana (1968.03.30 – 1972.07.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1969.02.02 – 1972.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1972.07.29 – 1984.06.25)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1972.07.30 – 1984.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1973.03.05 – 1987.01.15)

Cardinal Luis Concha Córdoba
(1959.05.18 – 1972.07.29)

Mea lux Dominus

Born:	1891.11.07 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1916.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1961.01.16
Died:	1975.09.18 (Bogotá, Colombia † 83)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1935.07.13 – 1954.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1954.05.10 – 1959.05.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1959 – 1966)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1959.05.18 – 1972.07.29)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1959.05.19 – 1972.07.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1961.01.19 – 1975.09.18)

Cardinal Crisanto Luque Sánchez
(1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1889.02.01 (Tenjo, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1916.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.05.03
Created Cardinal:	1953.01.12
Died:	1959.05.07 (Bogotá, Colombia † 70)

Titular Bishop of Croæ (1931.01.16 – 1932.09.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1931.01.16 – 1932.09.09)

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1932.09.09 – 1950.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1958 – 1959)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bogotá in Colombia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero
(1928.01.02 – 1950.06.03)

Born:	1872.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.06.19
Died:	1950.06.03 († 78)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1903.04.29 – 1923.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1928.01.02 – 1950.06.03)

Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo
(1898.06.08 – 1928.01.02)

Impendam et superimpendar ipse pro animarus vestris

Born:	1844.09.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.12.27
Died:	1928.01.02 († 83)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1885.03.27 – 1891.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1891.06.04 – 1898.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1898.06.08 – 1928.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo
(1891.06.04 – 1898.06.08)

(see above)

Archbishop Ignacio León Velasco, S.J.
(1889.10.06 – 1891.04.10)

Born:	1834.04.11
Ordained Priest:	1860.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.06.03
Died:	1891.04.10 († 56)

Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1883.03.15 – 1889.10.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1889.10.06 – 1891.04.10)

Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl Vargas, S.J.
(1884.08.06 – 1889.04.08)

Born:	1831.01.05
Ordained Priest:	1855.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.03.25
Died:	1889.04.08 († 58)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1875.09.17 – 1884.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1884.08.06 – 1889.04.08)

Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez
(1868.02.06 – 1884.06.29)

Born:	1822.03.08
Ordained Priest:	1845.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1860.03.25
Died:	1884.06.29 († 62)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1859.05.13 – 1864.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Massimopolis (1859.11.13 – 1864.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Massimopolis (1864.12.09 – 1868.02.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1864.12.09 – 1868.02.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1868.02.06 – 1884.06.29)

Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa
(1855.01.21 – 1868.02.06)

Born:	1797.02.11
Ordained Priest:	1821.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.04.15
Died:	1868.02.06 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1834.01.20 – 1855.01.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1855.01.21 – 1868.02.06)

Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda
(1835.09.21 – 1853.12.10)

Born:	1800.04.11
Ordained Priest:	1823.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1835.06.28
Died:	1853.12.10 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1835.09.21 – 1853.12.10)

Archbishop Fernando Caycedit Florez
(1827.07.19 – 1832.02.17)

Born:	1756.07.15
Ordained Priest:	1779.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1828.03.19
Died:	1832.02.17 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1827.07.19 – 1832.02.17)

Archbishop Isidoro Domínguez, C.R.M.
(1819.08.23 – 1822.04.06)

Born:	1762.04.03 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.01.16
Died:	1822.04.06 († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1819.08.23 – 1822.04.06)

Archbishop Juan Bautista Sacristán y Galiano
(1804.08.20 – 1817.02.01)

Born:	1759.07.01 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1810.06
Died:	1817.02.01 († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1804.08.20 – 1817.02.01)

Archbishop Fernando del Portillo y Torres, O.P.
(1798.10.29 – 1804.01.20)

Born:	1728.08.03 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1789.06.28
Died:	1804.01.20 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1788.09.15 – 1798.10.29)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1798.06 – 1798.07.03 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1798.10.29 – 1804.01.20)

Archbishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón
(1788.12.15 – 1799.08.17)

Born:	1737.01.15 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1761
Consecrated Bishop:	1779.03.25
Died:	1799.08.17 († 62)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1778.06.01 – 1788.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1788.12.15 – 1799.08.17)

Archbishop Antonio Caballero y Góngora
(1778.12.14 – 1788.09.15)

Born:	1723.05.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1750.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.06.30
Died:	1796.03.24 († 72)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1775.09.11 – 1778.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1778.12.14 – 1788.09.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1788.09.15 – 1796.03.24)

Archbishop Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo
(1775.03.13 – 1778.12.14)

Born:	1720.06.16 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1773.05
Died:	1781.07.21 († 61)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1772.09.07 – 1775.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1778.12.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1778.12.14 – 1781.07.21)

Archbishop Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas
(1771.09.28 – 1774.04.13)

Consecrated Bishop:	1765.10.28
Died:	1774.04.13

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1764.08.20 – 1771.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1771.09.28 – 1774.04.13)

Archbishop Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M.
(1769.08.21 – 1770.12.12)

Born:	1715.10.18 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1761.05.31
Died:	1774.03.19 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Tanis (1761.04.06 – 1769.08.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1761.04.06 – 1769.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1769.08.21 – 1770.12.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1770.12.12 – 1774.03.19)

Archbishop Francisco Antonio de la Riva Mazo
(1765.12.09 – 1768.12.08)

Born:	1720.08 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1766.06.11
Died:	1768.12.08 († 48)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1765.12.09 – 1768.12.08)

Archbishop Manuel Sosa Betencourt
(1765.04.22 – 1765.11.12)

Born:	1700 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1757.06.26
Died:	1765.11.12 († 64)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1755.11.17 – 1765.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1765.04.22 – 1765.11.12)

Archbishop José Javier de Arauz y Rojas
(1754.06.02 – 1764.02.29)

Consecrated Bishop:	1747.09.21
Died:	1764.02.29

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1754.06.02 – 1764.02.29)

Archbishop Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen
(1744.12.18 – 1753.08.11)

Born:	1693.05.27 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1722
Consecrated Bishop:	1740.04.17
Died:	1754.04.22 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Botrys (1735.07.27 – 1742.02.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1735.07.27 – 1742.02.22)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1742.02.22 – 1744.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1744.12.18 – 1753.08.11)

Archbishop Diego Fermín de Vergara, O.E.S.A.
(1740.12.12 – 1744.02.07)

Born:	1676.07.31 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1735
Died:	1744.02.07 († 67)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1732.12.19 – 1740.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1740.12.12 – 1744.02.07)

Archbishop Juan de Galabis, O. Praem.
(1738.03.03 – 1739.11.14)

Born:	1683.05.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1731.04
Died:	1739.11.14 († 56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1729.05.28 – 1738.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1738.03.03 – 1739.11.14)

Archbishop Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones
(1725.01.29 – 1736.10.21)

Born:	1687 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1718.05.01
Died:	1736.10.21 († 48)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1717.04.12 – 1725.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1725.01.29 – 1736.10.21)

Archbishop Francisco del Rincón, O.M.
(1716.10.05 – 1723.06.28)

Born:	1650.01.29 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.06.29
Died:	1723.06.28 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1705.12.14 – 1714.02.26)

Archbishop-Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1714.02.26 – 1716.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1716.10.05 – 1723.06.28)

Archbishop Francisco de Cosío y Otero
(1704.01.14 – 1715.11.29)

Born:	1640.04.12 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1704.04.06
Died:	1715.11.29 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1704.01.14 – 1715.11.29)

Archbishop Ignacio de Urbina
(1690.09.26 – 1703.04.09)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1690.05.14
Died:	1703.04.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1690.09.26 – 1703.04.09)

Archbishop Antonio Sanz Lozano
(1681.02.22 – 1688.05.28)

Born:	1622.06.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1661.03
Died:	1688.05.28 († 65)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1659.11.10 – 1681.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1681.02.22 – 1688.05.28)

Archbishop Juan de Dios de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P.
(1661.06.17 – 1678.10.05)

Died:

1678.10.05

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1649 – 1661.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1661.06.17 – 1678.10.05)

Archbishop Cristóbal de Torres, O.P.
(1635.01.08 – 1654.07.08)

Born:	1573.12.27 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1635.07
Died:	1654.07.08 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1635.01.08 – 1654.07.08)

Archbishop Bernardino de Almansa Carrión
(1631.12.15 – 1633.09.26)

Born:	1579.07.06 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1629.12
Died:	1633.09.26 († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1629.09.17 – 1631.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1631.12.15 – 1633.09.26)

Archbishop Julián de Cortázar
(1625.04.07 – 1630.10.31)

Born:	1576.01.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1618.12.25
Died:	1630.10.31 († 54)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1617.04.10 – 1625.04.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1625.04.07 – 1630.10.31)

Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
(1618.01 – 1625.07.30)

Died:

1638.01.27

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1618.01 – 1625.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1625.07.30 – 1628)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1628 – 1638.01.27)

Archbishop Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez
(1610.04.19 – 1614.06.11)

Born:	1560 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1611.12.21
Died:	1614.06.11 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1610.04.19 – 1614.06.11)

Archbishop Juan Castro, O.E.S.A.
(1608.01.07 – 1609.06)

Born:	1547.01.25 (Spain)
Died:	1611.08.01 († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1608.01.07 – 1609.06)

Archbishop Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
(1596.08.12 – 1607.11.19)

Born:	1546 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1597
Died:	1622.01.12 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1596.08.12 – 1607.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1607.11.19 – 1622.01.12)

Archbishop Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa
(1593.04.30 – 1594.08.17)

Born:	1517 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1588.09
Died:	1594.08.17 († 76)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1587.04.27 – 1593.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1593.04.30 – 1594.08.17)

Archbishop Alfonso López de Avila
(1591.11.29 – 1591.12.30)

Died:

1591.12.30

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1580.03.14 – 1591.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1591.11.29 – 1591.12.30)

Archbishop Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M.
(1570.01.08 – 1590.02.24)

Born:	1510 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1571.05
Died:	1590.02.24 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1570.01.08 – 1590.02.24)

Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M.
(1564.03.22 – 1569.02.12)

Born:	1496 (Spain)
Died:	1569.02.12 († 72)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1547.07.01 – 1552.04.02)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1552.04.02 – 1562.09.11)

Bishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1562.09.11 – 1564.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1564.03.22 – 1569.02.12)

Bishops of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1562.09.11 – 1564.03.22)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque (later Cardinal) (1969.02.02 – 1972.07.29)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1964.01.03 – 1967)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez (1864.12.09 – 1868.02.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Germán Medina Acosta (66) (2021.06.11 – 2024.06.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla (63) (2015.11.07 – 2022.04.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa (76) (2008.10.22 – 2011.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez (77) (2004.04.19 – 2012.05.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Caro Borda (84) (2000.07.21 – 2003.08.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Sabogal Viana (1996.03.08 – 2013.12.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (79) (later Archbishop) (1996.03.08 – 2002.07.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (77) (later Archbishop) (1996.03.08 – 1999.11.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Agustín Otero Largacha, O.A.R. (1986.05.03 – 2004.05.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Enrique Sarmiento Angulo (90) (1986.05.03 – 2003.08.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fabio Suescún Mutis (81) (1986.05.03 – 1993.11.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1986.05.03 – 1989.02.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Ardila Serrano (1980.10.27 – 1988.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (89) (1977.05.06 – 1986.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. (1977.05.06 – 1984.03.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (later Archbishop) (1977.05.06 – 1980.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mario Revollo Bravo (later Cardinal) (1973.11.13 – 1978.02.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso López Trujillo (later Cardinal) (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. (1971.02.25 – 1974.07.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras (1958.12.18 – 1962.04.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pablo Correa León (1956.11.10 – 1959.07.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1951 – 1952.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. (1945.11.03 – 1956.05.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz (1944.07.29 – 1986.03.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. (1939.03.03 – 1944.06.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leonida Medina (later Archbishop) (1916.03.27 – 1923.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mosé Higuera (1876.04.07 – 1884.03.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Franciscus de Paula Reyes (1874.01.16 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Indalecio Barreto (1873.03.21 – 1874.01.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. (1834.01.20 – 1856.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Carrión y Marfil (1784.06.25 – 1786.12.18)