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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

Coordinates: 6°13′00″N 75°34′00″W / 6.2167°N 75.5667°W / 6.2167; -75.5667
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Archdiocese of Medellín

Archidioecesis Medellensis
Location
CountryColombia
Statistics
Area708 km2 (273 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
3,012,847
2,625,494 (87.1%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 February 1868 (156 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRicardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo
Auxiliary Bishops• Edgar Aristizábal Quintero
• Hugo Alberto Torres Marín
• Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero
Bishops emeritus• Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, CMF
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez
Map
Website
www.arqmedellin.com
Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín (Latin: Medellensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.

Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo is the current Archbishop of Medellín.

History

  • 14 February 1868: Established as Diocese of Medellín from the Diocese of Antioquía
  • 24 February 1902: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella
    • Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín
    • Medellín cathedral is also a minor basilica.

Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín

Name Date of birth
Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 4 Jun 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Joaquín Pardo Vergara (22 Jan 1892 Appointed - )
Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (14 Dec 1905 Appointed - 22 Jun 1937 Died)
Tiberio Salazar Herrera (22 Jun 1937 Succeeded - 1942 Died)
Joaquín Garcia Benitez (14 May 1942 Appointed - 28 Nov 1957 Retired)
Tulio Botero Salazar (8 Dec 1957 Appointed - 2 Jun 1979 Retired)
Alfonso López Trujillo (2 Jun 1979 Succeeded - 9 Jan 1991 Resigned)
Héctor Rueda Hernández (7 Nov 1991 Appointed - 13 Feb 1997 Retired)
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo P.S.S. (13 Feb 1997 Appointed - 16 Feb 2010 Retired)
Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (16 Feb 2010–present)

Suffragan dioceses

See also

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Medellín.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín.

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