Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali, Colombia

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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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1910.07.07: Established as Diocese of Cali / Calien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán and became suffragan of Popayán)
1927.05.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tumaco
1952.11.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Buenaventura
1952.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Palmira
1962.03.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cartago
1964.06.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali / Calien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Cartago and Palmira)
1966.06.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Buga and gained suffragan see Buga
1996.11.30: Gained suffragan see Buenaventura

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.07)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.12.08 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (65)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (65)
(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)
(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)