Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Fe de Antioquia
Statistics
Area	11,803 km2 (4,557 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 180,000 160,000 (88.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	8 August 1804 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Metropolitana Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Sede vacante
Bishops emeritus	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal Orlando Antonio Corrales García
Map
Website
www.arquisantioquia.org.co

Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Latin: Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia) is an archdiocese located in the city of Santa Fe de Antioquia in Colombia.

History

• 8 August 1804: Established as Diocese of Antioquía from the Diocese of Cartagena, Diocese of Popayán and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
• 5 February 1917: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía – Jericó
• 3 July 1941: Renamed as Diocese of Antioquía, because Jericó was erected as separate diocese
• 18 June 1988: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Antioquía
  • Fernando Cano Almirante, O.F.M. † (21 Dec 1818 – 19 Dec 1825) Confirmed, Bishop of Islas Canarias
  • Mariano Garnica y Orjuela, O.P. † (21 May 1827 – 10 Aug 1832) Died
  • José María Estévez † (Appointed 19 Dec 1834; Died before appointment)
  • Juan de la Cruz Gómez y Plata † (24 Jul 1835 – 1 Dec 1850) Died
  • Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez † (13 Jan 1854 – 20 Jul 1866) Died
  • Joaquín Guillermo González † (21 Mar 1873 – 9 Aug 1883) Resigned
  • Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín † (9 Aug 1883 – 30 Jul 1891) Died
  • Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda † (30 Jan 1892 – 1900) Resigned
  • José Maria Villalba † (25 Sep 1900 – 1901) Died
  • Manuel Antonio López de Mesa † (30 May 1902 – 15 May 1908) Died
  • Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † (18 Oct 1910 – 7 Feb 1917) Appointed, Appointed, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
• Bishops of Antioquía – Jericó
  • Francisco Cristóbal Toro † (8 Feb 1917 – 3 Jul 1941) Appointed, Bishop of Antioquía
• Bishops of Antioquía
  • Francisco Cristóbal Toro † (3 Jul 1941 – 16 Nov 1942) Died
  • Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. † (16 Jun 1944 – 9 Mar 1955) Resigned
  • Guillermo Escobar Vélez † (1 Apr 1955 – 28 Jul 1969) Resigned
  • Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. † (6 Mar 1970 – 18 Jun 1988) Appointed, Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia
• Archbishops of Santa Fe de Antioquia
  • Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. † (18 Jun 1988 – 10 Oct 1992) Resigned
  • Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal (10 Oct 1992 – 12 Jan 2007) Resigned
  • Orlando Antonio Corrales García (12 Jan 2007 – 3 May 2022) Resigned

Auxiliary bishop

• Guillermo Escobar Vélez † (1952-1955), appointed Bishop here

Suffragan dioceses

• Apartadó
• Istmina–Tadó
• Quibdó
• Santa Rosa de Osos

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• GCatholic.org