Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción de María, Medellín, Antioquia
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín, Antioquia
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella, Antioquia

Santa Fe de Antioquia (↖), Santa Rosa de Osos (↑), Girardota (↗), Sonsón–Rionegro (↘), Caldas (↓)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2010.02.16 – ...):	Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.01.17 – ...):	Bishop José Mauricio Vélez García (58) Titular Bishop of Lapda

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (71)
(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

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 (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)

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
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)
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 – 1884.07.16)

Absit gloriari nisi in cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi

Died:

1884.07.16

Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1876.04.17 – 1884.07.16)

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

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 (54) (2012.05.28 – 2020.10.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (57) (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (62) (later Archbishop) (2011.05.04 – 2015.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (60) (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. (87) (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 (76) (later Archbishop) (1998.01.28 – 2001.04.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (74) (later Archbishop) (1993.10.07 – 2001.07.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (88) (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 – ?)

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Statistics

Area: 718 km²

Population: 3,082,475 Catholics (79.8% of 3,863,087 total) (2020)

Statistics: 342 parishes, 49 missions, 1,148 priests (794 diocesan, 354 religious), 62 deacons, 3,274 lay religious (569 brothers, 2,705 sisters), 153 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

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

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