Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena () is an archdiocese located in the city of Cartagena in Colombia."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Archdiocese of Cartagena" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

History 24 April 1534: Established as Diocese of Cartagena from the Diocese of Panamá 20 June 1900: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena

Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Cartagena Erected: April 24, 1534

Archdiocese of Cartagena Elevated June 20, 1900 Pedro Adán (Pietro-Adamo) Brioschi, P.I.M.E. (1898 – 13 Nov 1943 Died) José Ignacio López Umaña (1943–1974 Died) Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1974–1983 Retired) Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira (1983–2005 Resigned) Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (2005–2021 Retired) Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (2021–present)

Coadjutor archbishops José Ignacio López Umaña (1942–1943) Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1967–1974) Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (2004–2005)

Auxiliary bishops Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1949–1952), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá Rubén Isaza Restrepo (1952–1956), appointed Bishop of Montería (later returned here as Coadjutor and Archbishop) Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. (1956–1959), appointed Bishop of Barranquilla Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo (1963–1968), appointed Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro Félix María Torres Parra (1966–1967), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos Ismael Rueda Sierra (2000–2003), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops José Soleibe Arbeláez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 1999 Ariel Lascarro Tapia, appointed Bishop of Magangué in 2014

Suffragan dioceses Magangué Montelíbano Montería Sincelejo

See also Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy GCatholic.org