Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Manizales / Manizalen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Armenia, La Dorada–Guaduas, Pereira

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1900.04.11: Established as Diocese of Manizales / Manizalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Medellín and Diocese of Popayán)
1900.06.20: Became suffragan of Popayán
1902.02.24: Became suffragan of Medellín
1952.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Armenia and Diocese of Pereira
1954.05.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales / Manizalen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Armenia and Pereira)
1984.03.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas and gained suffragan see La Dorada–Guaduas

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.04.25 – ...):

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Manizales (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (64)
(2021.04.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1961.04.24 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1987.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.02.05

Priest of Manizales (Colombia) (1987.02.02 – 2004.11.22)

Bishop of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (2004.11.22 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia) (2015.02.23 – 2021.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2021.04.25 – ...)

Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (78)
(2010.10.07 – 2020.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia)

Hagan lo que él les diga

Born:	1947.08.08 (Urrao, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.11

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1974.06.01 – 2003.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2003.12.12 – 2006.07.11)

Bishop of Girardota (Colombia) (2006.07.11 – 2009.07.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Girardota (Colombia) (2009.07.16 – 2010.02.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2009.07.16 – 2010.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (2010.10.07 – 2020.01.06)

Archbishop Fabio Betancur Tirado
(1996.10.15 – 2010.10.07)

Born:	1938.10.30 (Armenia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.03
Died:	2011.11.20 (Medellín, Colombia † 73)

Titular Bishop of Sereddeli (1982.05.24 – 1984.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1982.05.24 – 1984.03.29)

Bishop of La Dorada–Guaduas (Colombia) (1984.03.29 – 1996.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1996.10.15 – 2010.10.07)

Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez (later Cardinal)
(1975.05.22 – 1996.10.15)

Vivere Christus est

Born:	1919.02.18 (Zapatoca, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.08.28
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14
Died:	2019.09.03 (Floridablanca, Colombia † 100)

Priest of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1941.12.14 – 1955.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Apollonis (1955.06.14 – 1959.12.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1955.06.14 – 1959.12.30)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1959.12.30 – 1964.02.29)

Bishop of Garzón (Colombia) (1964.02.29 – 1975.05.22)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1972 – 1978)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1975.05.22 – 1996.10.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015.02.14 – 2019.09.03)

Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas
(1959.07.07 – 1975.05.22)

Born:	1899.11.27 (Abejorral, 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)

Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba (later Cardinal)
(1954.05.10 – 1959.05.18)

Mea lux Dominus

Born:	1891.11.07 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1916.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1961.01.16
Died:	1975.09.18 (Bogotá, Colombia † 83)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1935.07.13 – 1954.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1954.05.10 – 1959.05.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1959 – 1966)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1959.05.18 – 1972.07.29)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1959.05.19 – 1972.07.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1961.01.19 – 1975.09.18)

Bishops of Manizales (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Concha Córdoba (later Cardinal)
(1935.07.13 – 1954.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez (later Archbishop)
(1933.07.03 – 1934.06.06)

Born:	1892.01.17 (Rionegro, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1915.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.10.29
Died:	1966.01.04 († 73)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1933.07.03 – 1934.06.06)

Titular Archbishop of Ænus (1934.06.06 – 1942.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1942.06.20 – 1944.02.01)

Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus (1944.02.01 – 1966.01.04)

Bishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera (later Archbishop)
(1922.07.06 – 1932.07.07)

Omnibus omnia factus

Born:	1871.07.26 (Granada, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1897.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.11.19
Died:	1942.03.04 († 70)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1922.07.06 – 1932.07.07)

Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1937.06.22 – 1942.03.04)

Bishop Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos
(1901.05.11 – 1921.10.28)

Born:	1849.12.01 (Granada, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1872.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.06.29
Died:	1921.10.28 († 71)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1901.05.11 – 1921.10.28)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (78) (2009.07.16 – 2010.10.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. (later Archbishop) (1968.10.11 – 1972.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augusto Trujillo Arango (later Archbishop) (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (later Archbishop) (1953.12.19 – 1957.03.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo (1949.05.07 – 1952.12.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Manizales, Caldas
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, Salamina, Caldas
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, Manizales, Caldas
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, Chinchiná, Caldas
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Victorias, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Pereira (←), Jericó (↖), Caldas (↑), Sonsón–Rionegro (↗), La Dorada–Guaduas (→), Líbano–Honda (→), Ibagué (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,848 km²

Population: 912,000 Catholics (93.7% of 973,650 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes

Personnel: 264 priests (203 diocesan, 61 religious), 60 deacons, 691 religious (221 brothers, 470 sisters), 43 seminarians