Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Florencia

Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Florencia / Florentiæ (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Mocoa–Sibundoy, San Vicente del Caguán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.02.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia / Florentiæ (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá)
1985.12.09: Promoted as Diocese of Florencia / Florentiæ (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente–Puerto Leguízamo and became suffragan of Ibagué)
2019.07.13: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florencia / Florentiæ (Latin) (with suffragan sees Mocoa–Sibundoy and San Vicente del Caguán)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.07.13 – ...):

Archbishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Florencia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (59)
(2019.07.13 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florencia (Colombia)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1966.01.21 (El Santuario, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1991.11.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.06.29

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1991.11.16 – 2013.04.27)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (2013.04.27 – 2019.07.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florencia (Colombia) (2019.07.13 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) (2021.05 – 2024.07.05)

Bishops of Florencia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (59) (later Archbishop)
(2013.04.27 – 2019.07.13)

(see above)

Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (68) (later Archbishop)
(2003.01.21 – 2011.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1956.07.29 (El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.01

Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (1982.05.23 – 2003.01.21)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (2003.01.21 – 2011.07.15)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2011.07.15 – 2019.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (2019.10.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia) (2020.12.12 – 2021.11.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Ocaña (Colombia) (2023.01.15 – 2024.07.11)

Bishop Fabián Marulanda López (91)
(1989.12.22 – 2002.07.19)

Bishop emeritus of Florencia (Colombia)

Born:	1933.12.27 (Marulanda, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1960.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.08.15

Titular Bishop of Pederodiana (1986.07.15 – 1989.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1986.07.15 – 1989.12.22)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (1989.12.22 – 2002.07.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2002 – 2009)

Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C.
(1985.12.09 – 1989.07.08)

Born:	1936.02.17 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.07
Died:	2014.09.28 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Cartennæ (1978.11.15 – 1985.12.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia) (1978.11.15 – 1985.12.09)

Bishop of Florencia (Colombia) (1985.12.09 – 1989.07.08)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (1989.07.08 – 2002.07.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Florencia (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C.
(1978.11.15 – 1985.12.09)

(see above)

Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.
(1961.04.18 – 1978.11.15)

Born:	1921.02.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.21
Died:	2012.06.26 († 91)

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia) (1961.04.18 – 1978.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro (1961.04.18 – 2012.06.26)

Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C.
(1952.01.10 – 1960.10.22)

Born:	1914.12.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.04.20
Died:	1960.10.22 († 45)

Titular Bishop of Thapsus (1952.01.10 – 1960.10.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia) (1952.01.10 – 1960.10.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Florencia, Caquetá

Mocoa–Sibundoy (↙), Garzón (↖), Neiva (↑), San Vicente del Caguán (→), Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,440 km²

Population: 345,120 Catholics (66.3% of 520,245 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (52 diocesan, 2 religious), 3 deacons, 45 religious (2 brothers, 43 sisters), 24 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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