Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Medellín (español) / Medellen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Caldas, Girardota, Jericó, Sonsón–Rionegro

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (February 2)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1868.02.14: Established as Diocese of Medellín–Antioquía (español) / Medellen(sis)–Antioquien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Antioquía and became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
1872.01.29: Renamed as Diocese of Medellín (español) / Medellen(sis) (Latin)
1873.01.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Antioquía
1875.04.16: Lost territory to Diocese of Antioquía
1900.04.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manizales
1902.02.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín (español) / Medellen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Antioquía and Manizales)
1915.01.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jericó and gained suffragan see Jericó
1917.02.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos, lost suffragan see Jericó and gained suffragan see Santa Rosa de Osos
1941.07.03: Gained suffragan see Jericó
1952.12.17: Gained suffragan sees Armenia and Pereira
1954.05.10: Lost suffragan sees Armenia, Manizales and Pereira
1957.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sonsón and gained suffragan see Sonsón
1988.06.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caldas and Diocese of Girardota, lost suffragan sees Antioquía and Santa Rosa de Osos and gained suffragan sees Caldas and Girardota

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2010.02.16 – ...):	Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (73)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.01.17 – ...):	Bishop José Mauricio Vélez García (60) Titular Bishop of Lapda

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (73)
(2010.02.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

Venga tu reino

Born:	1951.05.08 (Ituango, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.06.14

Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1975.11.21 – 2003.04.25)

Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (2003.04.25 – 2010.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2010.02.16 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (2017.07.05 – 2021.07.04)

Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S.
(1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1934.10.07 (Manizales, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.15
Died:	2021.07.21 (Pereira, Colombia † 86)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1983.07.26)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1983.07.26 – 1990.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1990.12.18 – 1997.02.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1996 – 2002)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Cartago (Colombia) (2010.05 – 2010.10.21)

Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández
(1991.11.07 – 1997.02.13)

Vobis in patrem

Born:	1920.11.09 (Mogotes, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1946.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.06.19
Died:	2011.11.01 († 90)

Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1960.05.06 – 1974.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1991.11.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1984 – 1987)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1991.11.07 – 1997.02.13)

Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo
(1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Veritas et caritate

Born:	1935.11.08 (Villahermosa, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1960.11.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.03.25
Created Cardinal:	1983.02.02
Died:	2008.04.19 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1960.11.13 – 1971.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972 – 1979)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1978.05.22 – 1979.06.02)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1983.02.02 – 2001.11.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1987 – 1990)

President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1990.11.08 – 2008.04.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001.11.17 [2002.04.27] – 2008.04.19)

Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M.
(1957.12.08 – 1979.06.02)

Lumen semitis meis

Born:	1904.03.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.08.14
Died:	1981.03.01 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Marida (1949.05.07 – 1952.05.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1949.05.07 – 1952.05.01)

Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1957.12.08 – 1979.06.02)

Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M.
(1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

In te speravi non confudar in æternum

Born:	1883.04.04 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1909.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.02.17
Died:	1958.09.01 († 75)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1917.09.17 – 1942.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1957.11.28 – 1958.09.01)

Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera
(1937.06.22 – 1942.03.04)

Omnibus omnia factus

Born:	1871.07.26 (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)

Archbishop Manuel José Cayzedo y Cuero
(1905.12.14 – 1937.06.22)

Monstra te esse Matrem

Born:	1850.11.16 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1883.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.08.31
Died:	1937.06.22 († 86)

Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1892.02.11 – 1895.12.02)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1895.12.02 – 1900.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1900.06.20 – 1905.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1905.12.14 – 1937.06.22)

Archbishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara
(1902.02.24 – 1904.11.14)

Diligamus nos invicem

Born:	1843.01.21
Ordained Priest:	1867.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.04.24
Died:	1904.11.14 († 61)

Bishop of Pasto (Colombia) (1891.06.04 – 1892.01.22)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1892.01.22 – 1902.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1902.02.24 – 1904.11.14)

Bishops of Medellín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joaquín Pardo-Vergara (later Archbishop)
(1892.01.22 – 1902.02.24)

(see above)

Bishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (later Archbishop)
(1885.03.27 – 1891.06.04)

Impendam et superimpendar ipse pro animarus vestris

Born:	1844.09.11 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.12.27
Died:	1928.01.02 († 83)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1885.03.27 – 1891.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1891.06.04 – 1898.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1898.06.08 – 1928.01.02)

Bishop José Ignacio Montoya Peláez
(1876.04.17 – 1884.07.15)

Absit gloriari nisi in cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi

Born:	1816.07.21
Ordained Priest:	1840.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.07.23
Died:	1884.07.15 († 67)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1876.04.17 – 1884.07.15)

Bishop José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz
(1873.03.29 – 1874.12.29)

Respice stellam voca Mariam

Consecrated Bishop:	1870.04.19
Died:	1874.12.29

Titular Bishop of Evaria (1869.11.22 – 1873.03.29)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1873.03.29 – 1874.12.29)

Bishop Valerio Antonio Jiménez
(1872.01.29 – 1873.03.29)

Domine quid me vis facere

Born:	1805
Ordained Priest:	1829
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.06.28
Died:	1891.12.06 († 85)

Bishop of Medellín–Antioquía (Colombia) (1868.03.13 – 1872.01.29)

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1872.01.29 – 1873.03.29)

Bishops of Medellín–Antioquía (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valerio Antonio Jiménez
(1868.03.13 – 1872.01.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Alfonso López Trujillo (later Cardinal) (1978.05.22 – 1979.06.02)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero (2012.05.28 – 2020.10.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (58) (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (64) (later Archbishop) (2011.05.04 – 2015.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (61) (2006.01.24 – 2011.01.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (2001.03.20 – 2012.02.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. (88) (2001.02.16 – 2010.11.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (1998.01.28 – 2010.02.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (77) (later Archbishop) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (76) (later Archbishop) (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (89) (1993.10.07 – 1997.03.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1988.01.20 – 1994.06.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Abraham Escudero Montoya (1986.05.22 – 1990.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Roberto López Londoño (1982.05.24 – 1987.05.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fabio Betancur Tirado (later Archbishop) (1982.05.24 – 1984.03.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. (1981.01.29 – 1985.01.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango (1970.11.23 – 1975.11.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1959 – 1964.03.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1951.12.05 – 1957.12.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mosé Higuera (1884.03.04 – 1915.09.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Francesco Saverio Zaldúa (1882.09.25 – ?)