Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Cartagena

Colombia Colombia

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cartagena / Cartagena de Indias / Carthaginen(sis) in Columbia (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Magangué, Montelíbano, Montería, Sincelejo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.03.25 – ...):Archbishop Francisco Javier MĂșnera Correa, I.M.C. (68)Archbishop Francisco Javier MĂșnera Correa, I.M.C. (68)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cartagena (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco Javier MĂșnera Correa, I.M.C. (68)Archbishop Francisco Javier MĂșnera Correa, I.M.C. (68)
(2021.03.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia)
President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Born:1956.10.21 (Copacabana, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1982.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:1999.02.11

Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo (Colombia) (1998.11.28 – 2013.02.21)

Titular Bishop of Aqué nové in Numidia (1998.11.28 – 2019.05.30)

Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) (2013.02.21 – 2019.05.30)

Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) (2019.05.30 – 2021.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (2021.03.25 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2024.07.02 – ...)

Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82)Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82) (later Cardinal)
(2005.10.24 – 2021.03.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

Viva Jesus y MarĂ­a

Born:1942.03.29 (Bucaramanga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:1992.12.12
Created Cardinal:2022.08.27

Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1993 – 1995)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1995 – 1999)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2003)

Apostolic Administrator of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (2004.02.06 – 2004.06.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (2004.02.06 – 2005.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (2005.10.24 – 2021.03.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea (2022.08.27 [2023.10.03] – ...)

Archbishop Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira (89)Archbishop Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira (89)
(1983.09.23 – 2005.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

Born:1935.10.20 (MedellĂ­n, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1972.02.13

Priest of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1960.01.06 – 1971.12.10)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1971.12.10 – 1977.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1971.12.10 – 1977.03.28)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1977.03.28 – 1983.09.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1983.09.23 – 2005.10.24)

Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo
(1974.10.03 – 1983)

Born:1916.03.20 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1939.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Died:1987.03.09 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Badié (1952.12.18 – 1956.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1956.11.04)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1956.11.04 – 1959.11.02)

Bishop of IbaguĂ© (Colombia) (1959.11.02 – 1964.01.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1964.01.03 – 1967)

Titular Archbishop of Lares (1964.01.03 – 1974.10.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1967 – 1974.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1974.10.03 – 1983)

Archbishop José Ignacio López Umaña
(1943.11.13 – 1974.10.03)

Born:1883.12.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1907.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1924.08.10
Died:1974.10.03 († 90)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1924.04.10 – 1942.03.15)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1942.03.15 – 1943.11.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1942.03.15 – 1943.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1943.11.13 – 1974.10.03)

Archbishop Pietro-Adamo Brioschi, P.I.M.E.
(1900.06.20 – 1943.11.13)

Born:1860.04.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1882.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1898.05.08
Died:1943.11.13 († 83)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1898.02.15 – 1900.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1900.06.20 – 1943.11.13)

Bishops of Cartagena (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pietro-Adamo Brioschi, P.I.M.E. (later Archbishop)
(1898.02.15 – 1900.06.20)

(see above)

Bishop Eugenio Biffi, M.E.M.
(1882.02.07 – 1896.11.08)

Born:1829.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1853.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1882.02.19
Died:1896.11.08 († 66)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1882.02.07 – 1896.11.08)

Bishop Manuel CerĂłn
(1879 – 1880.05.09)

Ordained Priest:1848
Consecrated Bishop:1879.08.17
Died:1880.05.09

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1879 – 1880.05.09)

Fr. Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda (later Bishop)
(1877.09.21 – 1878.09.12 not possessed)

Born:1823.05.25
Ordained Priest:1882.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1882.10.15
Died:1903.07.30 († 80)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1877.09.21 – 1878.09.12 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1882.07.03 – 1892.01.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunis (Tunisia) (1882.07.03 – 1892.01.30)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1892.01.30 – 1900?)

Bishop Bernardino Medina y Moreno
(1856.09.16 – 1877.03.26)

Born:1811.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1856.09.14
Died:1877.03.26 († 65)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1856.09.16 – 1877.03.26)

Bishop Pedro Antonio Torres
(1850.05.20 – 1855.12.20)

Born:1791.07.03
Ordained Priest:1817.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1850.09.08
Died:1866.12.18 († 75)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1850.05.20 – 1855.12.20)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1855.12.20 – 1866.12.18)

Bishop Juan FernĂĄndez de Sotomayor PicĂłn
(1834.12.19 – 1849.03.30)

Ordained Priest:1801.01.16
Consecrated Bishop:1831.11.01
Died:1849.03.30

Titular Bishop of Leuca (1831.04.29 – 1834.12.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (Colombia) (1831.04.29 – 1834.12.19)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1834.12.19 – 1849.03.30)

Bishop Juan FernĂĄndez de Sotomayor PicĂłn
(Apostolic Administrator 1831.04.29 – 1834.12.19)

Bishop Gregorio RodrĂ­guez Carrillo, O.S.B.M.
(1816.03.08 – 1828.03.12)

Born:1769.05.09 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1816.07.21
Died:1828.03.12 († 58)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1816.03.08 – 1828.03.12)

Bishop Custodio Angel DĂ­az Merino, O.P.
(1806.08.26 – 1815.01.12)

Born:1740.09.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1809.06.29
Died:1815.01.12 († 74)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1806.08.26 – 1815.01.12)

Bishop Jerónimo Liñån y Borda
(1796.06.27 – 1805.09.30)

Born:1729.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:1796.09
Died:1805.09.30 († 75)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1796.06.27 – 1805.09.30)

Bishop Miguel Álvarez Cortés
(1792.12.03 – 1795.09.22)

Born:1734.10.17 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1793
Died:1801.02.01 († 66)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1792.12.03 – 1795.09.22)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1795.09.22 – 1801.02.01)

Bishop José Fernåndez Díaz de la Madrid, O.F.M.
(1777.07.28 – 1792)

Born:1729.07.01
Died:1794.06.04 († 64)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1777.07.28 – 1792)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1792 – 1794.06.04)

Bishop Blas Sobrino y Minayo
(1775.03.13 – 1776.12.16)

Born:1725.01.16 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1775.08.06
Died:1798.04.26 († 73)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1776.12.16)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1776.12.16 – 1788.12.15)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1788.12.15 – 1794.09.12)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1794.09.12 – 1798.04.26)

Bishop AgustĂ­n de Alvarado y Castillo (later Archbishop)
(1772.09.07 – 1775.03.13)

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 SantafĂ© en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1778.12.14)

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

Bishop Manuel Sosa Betencourt (later Archbishop)
(1755.11.17 – 1765.04.22)

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 SantafĂ© en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1765.04.22 – 1765.11.12)

Fr. Diego Antonio Valenzuela Fajardo
(1755 – 1755 not possessed)

Died:1755

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1755 – 1755 not possessed)

Bishop-elect Jacinto Aguado y ChacĂłn, C.O.
(1754 – 1755.02.17)

Born:1696.09.23 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1756
Died:1764.03.27 († 67)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1754 – 1755.02.17)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1755.02.17 – 1762.07.18)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1762.07.18 – 1764.03.27)

Bishop Bartolomé de Narvåez y Berrio
(1751.12.20 – 1754.02.06)

Consecrated Bishop:1752.09.10
Died:1754.02.06

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1751.12.20 – 1754.02.06)

Bishop Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte
(1747 – 1751.11.15)

Consecrated Bishop:1747.07.30
Died:1756.10.20

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1747 – 1751.11.15)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1751.11.15 – 1756.10.20)

Bishop Diego MartĂ­nez Garrido, O.S.
(1741.03.06 – 1746.08.22)

Born:1690.04.23 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1741.11.05
Died:1757.02.05 († 66)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1741.03.06 – 1746.08.22)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1746.08.22 – 1757.02.05)

Bishop Gregorio de Molleda Clerque (later Archbishop)
(1729.08.03 – 1740.12.19)

Born:1692.05.08
Ordained Priest:1716.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:1725.10.07
Died:1756.04.01 († 63)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1729.08.03 – 1740.12.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1740.12.19 – 1747.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1747.09.04 – 1756.04.01)

Bishop-elect Manuel Antonio GĂłmez de Silva
(1726.02.20 – 1728.09.20)

Born:1655 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1729
Died:1731.09.29 († 75)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1726.02.20 – 1728.09.20)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1728.09.20 – 1731.09.29)

Bishop Juan Francisco GĂłmez Calleja
(1720.04.15 – 1725.11.19)

Consecrated Bishop:1721.11.16
Died:1732.04

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1720.04.15 – 1725.11.19)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1725.11.19 – 1728.08.04)

Bishop Antonio MarĂ­a Casiani, O.S.B.M.
(1714.09.17 – 1717.11.25)

Born:1664 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1716.01.19
Died:1717.11.25 († 52)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1714.09.17 – 1717.11.25)

Bishop Antonio Benavides y Piérola
(1681.03.03 – 1713.02)

Born:1643
Died:1713.02 († 69)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1681.03.03 – 1713.02)

Bishop Antonio Sanz Lozano (later Archbishop)
(1659.11.10 – 1681.02.22)

Born:1622.06.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1661.03.24
Died:1688.05.28 († 65)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1659.11.10 – 1681.02.22)

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

Bishop Garcia Ruiz Cabezas
(1654.06.27 – ?)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1654.06.27 – ?)

Fr. GarcĂ­a MartĂ­nez Cabeza
(1653 – 1653 not possessed)

Died:1653

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1653 – 1653 not possessed)

Bishop Francisco RodrĂ­guez de ValcĂĄrcel
(1649 – 1651.06.18)

Consecrated Bishop:1650.09.04
Died:1651.06.18

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1649 – 1651.06.18)

Bishop CristĂłbal PĂ©rez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist.
(1640.10.08 – 1649.02.18)

Born:1599 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1640.07.02
Died:1649.02.18 († 49)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1639.10.03 – 1640.10.08)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1640.10.08 – 1649.02.18)

Bishop Luis CĂłrdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T.
(1630.09.09 – 1640.08.13)

Consecrated Bishop:1631.04
Died:1640.11.24

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1630.09.09 – 1640.08.13)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1640.08.13 – 1640.11.24 not possessed)

Bishop Diego Ramirez de Cepeda
(1624.07.15 – ?)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1624.07.15 – ?)

Bishop-elect Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1623.05.22 – 1623.12.18)

Consecrated Bishop:1624.08.18
Died:1630.02.05

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1623.05.22 – 1623.12.18)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1623.12.18 – 1628.06.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1628.06.05 – 1630.02.05)

Bishop Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M.
(1617.06.26 – 1621.12.10)

Born:1557 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1618.10.28
Died:1621.12.10 († 63)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1617.06.26 – 1621.12.10)

Bishop Pedro Vega
(1614.10.06 – 1616.06.17)

Born:1560 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1615
Died:1616.06.17 († 55)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1614.10.06 – 1616.06.17)

Bishop Juan de Labrada
(1597.01.29 – 1613.07.22)

Died:1613.07.22

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1597.01.29 – 1613.07.22)

Fr. Juan de Vivero, O.E.S.A.
(1590 – 1590 not possessed)

Died:1590

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1590 – 1590 not possessed)

Bishop Antonio de Hervias, O.P.
(1587.09.28 – 1590)

Died:1590

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1577.04.15 – 1579.01.09)

Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1579.01.09 – 1587.09.28)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1587.09.28 – 1590)

Bishop Juan Montalvo, O.P.
(1578.10.06 – 1586.09.10)

Consecrated Bishop:1579
Died:1586.09.10

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1578.10.06 – 1586.09.10)

Bishop Dionisio de Santos, O.P.
(1574.06.25 – 1577.09.09)

Consecrated Bishop:1575.12
Died:1577.09.09

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1574.06.25 – 1577.09.09)

Bishop Pedro Arévalos, O.S.H.
(1571.05.18 – 1572)

Died:1572

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1571.05.18 – 1572)

Bishop Juan Simancas Simancas
(1561.12.05 – 1570)

Consecrated Bishop:1564.04
Died:1570

Bishop of Coro (Venezuela) (1556.06.12 – 1561.12.05)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1561.12.05 – 1570)

Bishop Gregorio de Beteta, O.P.
(1552.03.20 – 1556)

Died:1562

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1552.03.20 – 1556)

Bishop Francisco de Santa MarĂ­a Benavides Velasco, O.S.H.
(1541.07.20 – 1550.07.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1541.08.02
Died:1560.05.15

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1541.07.20 – 1550.07.17)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1550.07.17 – 1558.10.21)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1558.10.21 – 1560.05.15)

Bishop JerĂłnimo de Loayza, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1537.12.05 – 1541.05.13)

Consecrated Bishop:1538.06.29
Died:1575.10.25

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1537.12.05 – 1541.05.13)

Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1541.05.13 – 1546.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1546.02.12 – 1575.10.25)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (109)

Barranquilla (↑), Santa Marta (↗), El Banco (→), MaganguĂ© (↘), Sincelejo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,200 kmÂČ

Population: 1,198,590 Catholics (77.5% of 1,545,865 total)

Pastoral Centres: 108 parishes

Personnel: 145 priests (103 diocesan, 42 religious), 2 deacons, 182 religious (48 brothers, 134 sisters), 63 seminarians

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