Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué, Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ibagué / Ibaguen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Espinal, Garzón, Líbano–Honda, Neiva

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1900.05.20: Established as Diocese of Ibagué / Ibaguen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Tolima and became suffragan of Bogotá in Colombia)
1957.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Espinal
1974.12.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué / Ibaguen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Espinal, Garzón and Neiva)
1985.12.09: Gained suffragan see Florencia
1989.07.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Líbano–Honda and gained suffragan see Líbano–Honda
2019.05.30: Gained suffragan see San Vicente del Caguán
2019.07.13: Lost suffragan sees Florencia and San Vicente del Caguán

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.05.29 – ...):

Archbishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (66)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ibagué (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (66)
(2020.05.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

Born:	1958.07.04 (Cali, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.28

Priest of Ibagué (Colombia) (1984.12.06 – 2012.05.12)

Titular Bishop of Nasbinca (2012.05.12 – 2015.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2012.05.12 – 2015.05.30)

Bishop of Espinal (Colombia) (2015.05.30 – 2020.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2020.05.29 – ...)

Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata (80)
(2003.01.10 – 2019.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ibagué (Colombia)

Born:	1944.02.18 (San Andrés, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.03.16

Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1968.08.22 – 1989.02.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Alto Sinú (Colombia) (1989.02.16 – 1993.02.16)

Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1993.02.16 – 2003.01.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (2003.01.10 – 2019.03.19)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M.
(1993.03.25 – 2002.08.17)

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 José Joaquín Flórez Hernández
(1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25)

Præcessor sicut ministrator

Born:	1916.11.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.04.24
Died:	1996.06.22 († 79)

Bishop of Duitama (Colombia) (1955.03.07 – 1964.03.17)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1964.03.17 – 1974.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25)

Bishops of Ibagué (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández (later Archbishop)
(1964.03.17 – 1974.12.14)

(see above)

Bishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo (later Archbishop)
(1959.11.02 – 1964.01.03)

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)

Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas (later Archbishop)
(1957.03.17 – 1959.07.07)

Born:	1899.11.27 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1926.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.08.07
Died:	1977.07.26 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Vatarba (1949.05.07 – 1957.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1949.05.07 – 1957.03.17)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1957.03.17 – 1959.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1959.07.07 – 1975.05.22)

Bishop Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade (later Archbishop)
(1924.04.10 – 1957.03.17)

Born:	1873.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1897.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.08.03
Died:	1967.11.05 († 94)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1924.04.10 – 1957.03.17)

Titular Archbishop of Brysis (1957.03.17 – 1967.11.05)

Bishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero (later Archbishop)
(1903.04.29 – 1923.02.05)

Born:	1872.02.22 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.06.19
Died:	1950.06.03 († 78)

Bishop of Ibagué (Colombia) (1903.04.29 – 1923.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1923.02.05 – 1928.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1928.01.02 – 1950.06.03)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño (58) (2016.02.11 – 2020.12.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (66) (later Archbishop) (2012.05.12 – 2015.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fabián Marulanda López (90) (1986.07.15 – 1989.12.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas (later Archbishop) (1949.05.07 – 1957.03.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Ibagué, Tolima
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Buga (↙), Armenia (←), Pereira (↖), Manizales (↖), Líbano–Honda (↑), Girardot (→), Espinal (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,044 km²

Population: 545,445 Catholics (81.7% of 667,829 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 123 priests (103 diocesan, 20 religious), 16 deacons, 188 religious (37 brothers, 151 sisters), 39 seminarians