Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Santa Fe de Antioquia / Sanctæ Fidei de Antioquia (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Apartadó, Istmina–Tadó, Quibdó, Santa Rosa de Osos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Quibdó (↙), Apartadó (↖), Santa Rosa de Osos (→), Medellín (↘), Caldas (↘), Jericó (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

1804.08.31: Established as Diocese of Antioquía / Antioquien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Diocese of Cartagena and Diocese of Popayán and became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
1868.02.14: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Medellín–Antioquía)
1873.01.29: Restored as Diocese of Antioquía / Antioquien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Medellín and became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
1875.04.16: Gained territory from Diocese of Medellín
1902.02.24: Became suffragan of Medellín
1908.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó
1917.02.05: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía–Jericó / Antioquien(sis)–Iericoën(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jericó and lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos)
1941.07.03: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía / Antioquien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Jericó)
1952.11.14: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Quibdó
1988.06.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia / Sanctæ Fidei de Antioquia (Latin) (with suffragan sees Apartadó and Santa Rosa de Osos and lost territory to establish Diocese of Apartadó)
1990.04.30: Gained suffragan sees Istmina–Tadó and Quibdó
2003.11.22: Gained territory from Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos and lost territory to Diocese of Quibdó

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.01.25 – ...):

Archbishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (65)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (65)
(2023.01.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Pro hominibus constituitur

Born:	1960.08.09 (Briceño, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1987.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.06.04

Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1987.11.24 – 2011.05.04)

Titular Bishop of Bossa (2011.05.04 – 2015.09.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2011.05.04 – 2015.09.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Apartadó (Colombia) (2014.10.09 – 2015.09.29)

Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (2015.09.29 – 2023.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2023.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.05.03 – 2023.01.25)

Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (79)
(2007.01.12 – 2022.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Hágase tu voluntad

Born:	1947.01.26 (Abejorral, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.03.25

Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1971.12.05 – 1998.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Thuccabora (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2001.04.09 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (2007.01.12 – 2022.05.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sincelejo (Colombia) (2014.03.16 – 2015.02.19)

Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (96)
(1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Born:	1929.12.02 (El Peñol, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.08

Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia) (1958.08.17 – 1972.07.24)

Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (1972.07.24 – 1992.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1992.10.10 – 2007.01.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Barrancabermeja (Colombia) (2009.02 – 2009.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia) (2010.03 – 2011.06.08)

Archbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M.
(1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

Born:	1916.04.09 (La América, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1949.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.04.12
Died:	2012.01.30 (Medellín, Colombia † 95)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1970.03.06 – 1988.06.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

Bishops of Antioquía (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. (later Archbishop)
(1970.03.06 – 1988.06.18)

(see above)

Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez
(1955.04.01 – 1969.07.28)

Born:	1909.01.01 (La Estrella, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1933.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.04.27
Died:	1986.10.30 (Medellín, Spain † 77)

Titular Bishop of Attuda (1952.03.07 – 1955.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1952.03.07 – 1955.04.01)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1955.04.01 – 1969.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Nicives (1969.07.28 – 1971.01.22)

Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M.
(1944.06.16 – 1955.03.09)

Born:	1902.01.12 (Bucaramanga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1925.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.05.21
Died:	1977.06.29 (Bogotá, Colombia † 75)

Titular Bishop of Dagnum (1939.03.03 – 1944.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1939.03.03 – 1944.06.16)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1944.06.16 – 1955.03.09)

Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1955.03.09 – 1977.06.29)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa
(1941.07.03 – 1942.11.16)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1869.04.08 (Antioquia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1894.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.06.04
Died:	1942.11.16 († 73)

Bishop of Socorro (Colombia) (1910.10.18 – 1913.12.16)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1913.12.16 – 1917.02.08)

Bishop of Antioquía–Jericó (Colombia) (1917.02.08 – 1941.07.03)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1941.07.03 – 1942.11.16)

Bishops of Antioquía–Jericó (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francesco Cristoforo Toro Correa
(1917.02.08 – 1941.07.03)

(see above)

Bishops of Antioquía (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (later Archbishop)
(1911.10.10 – 1917.02.05)

Ad majorem gloriam Dei

Born:	1861.10.18 (Buga, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1885.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.24
Died:	1940.11.07 (Palmira, Colombia † 79)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1911.10.10 – 1917.02.05)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1917.02.07 – 1923.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1923.11.15 – 1940.11.07)

Bishop Manuel Antonio López de Mesa
(1902 – 1908.05.15)

Born:	1846.05.22 (Rionegro, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1869.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.11.09
Died:	1908.05.15 (Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia † 61)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1902 – 1908.05.15)

Bishop José María Villalba
(1900.09.25 – 1901.08.04)

Died:

1901.08.04

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1900.09.25 – 1901.08.04)

Bishop Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda
(1892.01.30 – 1900?)

Born:	1823.05.25 (Zapatoca, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1882.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.10.15
Died:	1903.07.30 (Bogotá, Colombia † 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 Gesu Maria Rodriguez
(1883.08.09 – 1891.06.30)

Born:	1836.01.10 (Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1860.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.10.21
Died:	1891.06.30 (Concordia, Colombia † 55)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1883.08.09 – 1891.06.30)

Bishop Joaquín Guillermo González
(1873.03.21 – 1883.08.09)

Born:	1829 (Medellin, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1846?
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.09.21
Died:	1888.01.04 († 58)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1873.03.21 – 1883.08.09)

Bishop Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez
(1854.01.13 – 1866.07.20)

Born:	1785.12.20 (Bogota, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1818.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.03.25
Died:	1866.07.20 († 80)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1854.01.13 – 1866.07.20)

Bishop Juan de la Cruz Gómez Plata
(1835.07.24 – 1850.12.01)

Born:	1793.05.05 (Barichara, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1819?
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.01.17
Died:	1850.12.01 (Medellín, Colombia † 57)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1835.07.24 – 1850.12.01)

Bishop Mariano Garnica y Orjuela, O.P.
(1827.05.21 – 1832.08.16)

Born:	1770? (Chiquinquirá, Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:	1828.03.23
Died:	1832.08.16 (Medellín, Colombia † 61)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1827.05.21 – 1832.08.16)

Bishop Fernando Cano Almirante, O.F.M.
(1818.12.21 – 1825.12.19)

Born:	1761.12.12 (Villaverde de Frades, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.10.01
Died:	1826.09.22 († 64)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1818.12.21 – 1825.12.19)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1825.12.19 – 1826.09.22)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez (1952.03.07 – 1955.04.01)