Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Cali

Colombia Colombia

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cali / Calien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Buenaventura, Buga, Cartago, Palmira

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.12.08 – ...):Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (64)Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (64)Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (64)
(2022.12.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

Dame la sabiduria

Born:1959.12.08 (Medellín, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1984.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.22

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1984.08.25 – 2014.07.05)

Titular Bishop of Illiberi (2014.07.05 – 2022.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2014.07.05 – 2022.04.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2022.04.22 – 2022.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2022.12.08 – ...)

Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (76)Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (76)
(2011.05.18 – 2022.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia)

Born:1948.03.15 (Valparaíso, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1976.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:1993.11.15

Priest of Jericó (Colombia) (1976.10.17 – 1993.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)

Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia) (2001.07.25 – 2010.06.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2010.06.03 – 2011.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2011.05.18 – 2022.12.08)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M.
(2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)

Born:1938.07.30 (Cali, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1978.05.06
Died:2021.02.25 (Cali, Colombia † 82)

Titular Bishop of Egara (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)

Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (1983.12.23 – 1993.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia) (2004.02.21 – 2004.04.29)

Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino
(1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)

Born:1939.02.15 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:1985.06.17
Died:2002.03.16 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1995.08.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)

Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (later Cardinal)
(1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27)

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)

Archbishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta
(1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)

Born:1918.12.19 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1942.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.03
Died:1985.12.13 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Abila in Palæstina (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)

Bishop of Sonsón (Colombia) (1957.03.18 – 1960.07.13)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)

Bishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (later Archbishop)
(1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Gallego Pérez
(1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)

Born:1903.04.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1925.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Died:1960.05.21 († 57)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1953.02.03 – 1958.12.18)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)

Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B.
(1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)

Born:1884.04.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1907.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:1942.08.16
Died:1958.09.24 († 74)

Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1942.06.26 – 1948.02.23)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)

Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo
(1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)

Born:1872.09.07 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1897.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1927.10.15
Died:1955.02.26 († 82)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Celenderis (1947.11.13 – 1955.02.26)

Bishop Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (later Archbishop)
(1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)

Born:1853.05.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1880.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1912.08.24
Died:1937.09.10 († 84)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia (1926.09.28 – 1937.09.10)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Buenaventura (←), Palmira (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,504 km²

Population: 2,488,000 Catholics (84.9% of 2,929,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 185 parishes, 37 missions

Personnel: 366 priests (249 diocesan, 117 religious), 53 deacons, 718 religious (158 brothers, 560 sisters), 47 seminarians

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