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

Neighbouring Dioceses: Buenaventura (←), 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 (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.05.25 – ...):	Bishop-elect Arnulfo Moreno Quiñonez (47) Titular Bishop of Castra nova
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.05.25 – ...):	Bishop-elect Luis Fernando de Jesús Pérez Agudelo (58) Titular Bishop of Leges

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cali (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (66)
(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)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1995.12.21 – 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 (78)
(2011.05.18 – 2022.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia)

Dominus tecum

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 (San Gil, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.06.17
Died:	2002.03.16 (Cali, Colombia † 63)

Priest of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1963.12.01 – 1985.04.10)

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:	1971.07.11
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 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1942.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.05.03
Died:	1985.12.13 (Cali, Colombia † 66)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1942.11.08 – 1953.12.19)

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 (Donmatías, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1925.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.03.19
Died:	1960.05.21 (Cali, Colombia † 57)

Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1925.11.30 – 1953.02.03)

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 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1907.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.08.16
Died:	1958.09.24 (Cali, Colombia † 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 (Fontibón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1897.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.10.16
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 (Cali, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1880.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.08.24
Died:	1937.09.10 († 84)

Priest of Popayán (Colombia) (1880.09.18 – 1911.08.11)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia (1926.09.28 – 1937.09.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (later Cardinal) (1983.03.26 – 1985.02.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (66) (2022.04.22 – 2022.12.08)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (78) (2010.06.03 – 2011.05.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (58) (2015.06.26 – 2020.10.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (66) (later Archbishop) (2014.07.05 – 2022.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles (2009.04.15 – 2016.06.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (81) (2006.11.13 – 2010.10.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julio Hernando García Peláez (67) (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (78) (later Archbishop) (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (1999.07.19 – 2007.07.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Soleibe Arbeláez (87) (1999.07.19 – 2002.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil (79) (1992.07.08 – 2002.10.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (82) (1992.07.08 – 1995.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (82) (1988.04.22 – 1992.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (1987.02.13 – 1998.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (later Archbishop) (1978.03.08 – 1983.12.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1969.06.02 – 1977.10.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1952.07.16 – 1959)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol, Cali, Valle del Cauca
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

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