The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali ( la, Archidioecesis Caliensis) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

in Colombia.

History

* 7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán * 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Cali (Roman rite) **Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28) **Luis Adriano Díaz Melo (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13) **Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24) **Francisco Gallego Pérez (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21) **Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20) *

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

s of Cali (Roman rite) **Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07) **

Pedro Rubiano Sáenz Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (born September 13, 1932) is a cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá in the Roman Catholic Church. Early life and ordination Born in Cartago, Colombia, Rubiano Sáenz studied at the seminary in Popayán ...

(1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 2001) **

Isaías Duarte Cancino Monsignor Isaías Duarte Cancino ( San Gil, Santander, February 15, 1939 - Cali, Valle del Cauca, March 16, 2002) was a Colombian Catholic priest, who from 1995 until the day of his death was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cali. In 2012 Col ...

(1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16) **Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18) **Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (since 2011.05.18)

Coadjutor archbishops

* Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (1983-1985); future Cardinal *

Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name * Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician * Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director * Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper * Dario Bellezza ...

(2010-2011)

Auxiliary bishops

Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...

(1952-1959), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín * Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1969-1977), appointed Bishop of Jericó *

Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo (30 July 1938 – 25 February 2021) was a Colombian Roman Catholic archbishop. Biography Sarasti Jaramillo was born in Cali, Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as titular bishop of ...

, C.I.M. (1978-1983), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja (later returned here as Archbishop) * Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (1987-1998), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá * Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1988-1992), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio * Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (1992-1995), appointed Bishop of Pasto *

Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...

(1992-2002), appointed Bishop of Montelibano * José Soleibe Arbeláez (1999-2002), appointed Bishop of Caldas * Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (1999-2007), appointed Bishop of Apartadó *

Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguation) * ...

(2003-2006), appointed Bishop of Girardota *

Julio Hernando García Peláez Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

(2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Istmina-Tadó * José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Cartago *

José Daniel Falla Robles José Daniel Falla Robles (7 October 1956 – 1 May 2021) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Biography Falla Robles was born in Colombia and ordained to the priesthood in 1992. He served as titular bishop of ''Calama'' and as auxiliary bi ...

(2009-2016), appointed Bishop of Soacha * Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2014-) * Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Fernando Torres Durán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá in 1996 * Héctor Epalza Quintero (prest here, 1965-1989), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2004

Suffragan dioceses

* Buenaventura *

Buga Buga may refer to: Places * Mount Buga, an inactive volcano in Zamboanga del Sur province, the Philippines * Buga (barangay), a barangay in San Miguel Municipality, Bulacan, Philippines * Buga, Valle del Cauca, city and municipality in the Colom ...

* Cartago * Palmira

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website

Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cali Christian organizations established in 1910 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1910 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub