Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena, Colombia

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.03.25 – ...):

Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (68)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cartagena (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera 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 Aquæ novæ 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 – ...)

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 María

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)
(1983.09.23 – 2005.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

Born:	1935.10.20 (Medellín, 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 Badiæ (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 Ibagué (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 Cerón
(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 Fernández de Sotomayor Picón
(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 Fernández de Sotomayor Picón
(Apostolic Administrator 1831.04.29 – 1834.12.19)

Bishop Gregorio Rodríguez 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 Díaz 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 Liñán 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 Fernández 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 Agustín 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 Santafé 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 Santafé 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 Chacón, 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 Narváez 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 Martínez 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 Gómez 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 Gómez 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 María 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 Santafé 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. García Martínez Cabeza
(1653 – 1653 not possessed)

Died:

1653

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

Bishop Francisco Rodríguez de Valcárcel
(1649 – 1651.06.18)

Consecrated Bishop:	1650.09.04
Died:	1651.06.18

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1649 – 1651.06.18)

Bishop Cristóbal Pérez 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 Córdoba 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 María 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 Jerónimo 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

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82) (later Cardinal) (2004.02.06 – 2005.10.24)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1967 – 1974.10.03)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Ignacio López Umaña (1942.03.15 – 1943.11.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ismael Rueda Sierra (74) (later Archbishop) (2000.12.20 – 2003.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Félix María Torres Parra (later Archbishop) (1966.06.04 – 1969.04.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo (1963.06.25 – 1968.04.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. (later Archbishop) (1956.11.10 – 1959.02.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo (later Archbishop) (1952.12.18 – 1956.11.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (later Archbishop) (1949.05.07 – 1952.05.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (1761.04.06 – 1769.08.21)