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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago ( la, Carthaden(sis) in Colombia) is a
Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cali Christian organizations established in 1962 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1962 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago ( la, Carthaden(sis) in Colombia) is a diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of Cartago in the Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
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
* 16 March 1962: Established as Diocese of Cartago from the Diocese of CaliBishops
*José Gabriel Calderón Contreras (26 April 1962 – 19 April 1995) *Luis Madrid Merlano (19 April 1995 – 30 March 2010) appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona * José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (21 October 2010 – 31 October 2020) *César Alcides Balbín Tamayo (19 October 2021 – present) ;Other priests of this diocese who became bishops *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 ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 1992
*Edgar Aristizábal Quintero
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 ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2011
*Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2015
See also
*Roman Catholicism in Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Roman Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses ...
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Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cali Christian organizations established in 1962 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1962 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub