The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá (

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: ''Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Bogotá''; la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bogotensis) is a

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of the

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. It was established in 1562 as the Diocese of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada, elevated to an archdiocese two years later, and was given its current name in 1891. It serves nearly 3.8 million Catholics in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, and covers a total area of 4,109 km² (1,552

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s). The current metropolitan archbishop is

Luis José Rueda Aparicio Luis José Rueda Aparicio (born 3 March 1962) is a Colombian prelate who is Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán from 2018 to 2020 and Bishop of Montelíbano from 2012 to 2018. Pope Francis plans to m ...

since 2020. The archdiocese is the

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of the

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of Bogotá, which includes six

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s: *

Engativá Engativá is the 10th locality of Bogotá. It is located in the west of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by lower middle and working class residents. Etymology Engativá is either derived from ''Ingativá''; ''cacique'' Inga; "Land ...

Facatativá Facatativá is a city and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, located about 18 miles (31 km) northwest of Bogotá, Colombia and 2,586 meters above sea level. The city is known for its Archaeological Park Piedras del Tunjo (Rocks ...

Fontibón Fontibon is the 9th locality of Bogotá. It is located in the west of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by low and middle class residents. Etymology The origin of the city's name can be traced to the Muisca ''cacique Huintiva'' or '' ...

* Girardot *

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Zipaquirá Zipaquirá () is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Cogua and Nemocón to the north; Tocancipá to the east; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho ...

The archdiocese's territory covers 14 of the 20 localities (administrative districts) of the city of Bogotá and 11

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in the Cundinamarca Department. Prior to 2003, when three new urban dioceses were created, the archdiocese included all of Bogotá. The mother church of the archdiocese, and the seat of the archbishop, is the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, located in Bolívar Square in Bogotá. Besides the archbishop,

, the archdiocese has two auxiliary bishops,

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and Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla. The archdiocese is served by around 800

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, 100

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, and nearly 1,500

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. The Archdiocese of Bogotá has 275 parishes, containing numerous churches. The archdiocese runs two seminaries, the

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, which enrolls seminarians from the Archdiocese of Bogotá and other dioceses, and the

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, which trains priests for ministry in Colombia's missionary territories. It also contains several universities, dozens of secondary schools and primary schools. The archdiocese also runs a spiritual retreat house, a care center for physically and mentally disabled children, and a migrant charity foundation, among other ministries.

Structure

Territory

The Archdiocese of Bogotá covers a total area of 4,109 km² (1,552

s). The archdiocese has a total population of 4.4 million, of whom 3.8 million (86%) are Catholic. Its territory includes 14 of the 20 localities (administrative districts) of the city of

and 11

in the Cundinamarca Department. The Cundinamarca municipalities are: La Calera,

Cáqueza Cáqueza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The town, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, is from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Fosca in the south, Ubaque in the north, Une and Chip ...

Fómeque Fómeque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ...

Choachí Choachí is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders La Calera in the north, Ubaque in the south, in the east Fómeque and westward of Choachí is the Colombian cap ...

Une Une is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, Cundinamarca, Eastern Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a dista ...

Chipaque Chipaque is a municipality and town in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The municipality of is located at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with its westernmost part situated in the Ea ...

, Fosca,

Quetame Quetame is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, Cundinamarca, Eastern Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Quetame is located at from the ca ...

Ubaque Ubaque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Ubaque borders the municipalities Choachí in the north, Fómeque in the east, Cáqueza and Chipaque in the south and in the west is the ...

, Guayabetal, and

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. The Archdiocese of Bogotá included the entire city of Bogotá until 2003, when the three new urban dioceses of

, and

were created. At the time of its establishment in 1564, the Archdiocese of Bogotá included much of what would become

, as well as part of what is now western

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. Beginning in the 1770s, the archdiocese gradually lessened in size as territory was split off to create new dioceses. Territory that was once part of the Archdiocese of Bogotá now comprises the Archdiocese of Mérida (in Venezuela), the Archdiocese of Antioquía, the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona, the Archdiocese of Tunja, the Archdiocese of Ibagué, the Diocese of Garzón, the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, and Bogotá's six suffragan sees: the Diocese of Zipaquirá, the Diocese of Girardot, the

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, the Diocese of Engativá, the Diocese of Fontibón, and the Diocese of Soacha.

Pastoral divisions

The Archdiocese of Bogotá is divided into eight vicariates, pastoral divisions covering a certain area that each contain a number of parishes and are each headed by an

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. Each vicariate is subdivided into a number of ''arciprestazgos'', or deaneries, which are each headed by an

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(dean). The vicariates are:

Personnel

The metropolitan archdiocese is led by its metropolitan archbishop,

. The Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá also holds the title Primate of Colombia. The archbishop is assisted by auxiliary bishops, the number of which has varied throughout history, from just one to as many as six. Currently, there are two auxiliary bishops,

and Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla. The archdiocese also has a

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, who heads the chancery, which is responsible for all archdiocesan records and publications. The current chancellor is Ricardo Alfonso Pulido Aguilar. Additionally, there are eight episcopal vicars who oversee a vicariate, or region, within the archdiocese. The archdiocese is served by approximately 740 priests, including more than 300

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s, and around 425

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s, or priests who are members of

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s. There are also 130 deacons, a number that has increased from just 20 in 2001. In addition, there are 1,450

and

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s living and working in the archdiocese.

Ecclesiastical province

The Archdiocese of Bogotá is the

of the

of Bogotá, which, in addition to the archdiocese, includes the six

s of

, Girardot,

, and

. The Archbishop of Bogotá is the

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of the ecclesiastical province, and as such, holds some authority over the

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s of the other dioceses.

Education

Seminaries

Universities

Secondary schools

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada

Juan de los Barrios Friar Juan de los Barrios y Toledo, OFM (1496 – February 12, 1569) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santafé de Bogotá of the New Kingdom of Granada, (1564–1569), ''(in Latin)'' Bishop of Santa Marta (15 ...

, OFM (22 March 1564 – 12 February 1569) # Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, OFM (8 January 1570 – 24 February 1590) # Alfonso López de Avila (29 November 1591 – 30 December 1591) #

Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) (1517 – February 16, 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1593–1604) ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Panamá (1587–1593). ''( ...

(30 April 1593 – 17 August 1594) # Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero (12 August 1596 – 19 November 1607) #

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, OSA (7 January 1608 – June 1609) #

Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez (1560–1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1610–1614).

(19 April 1610 – 11 June 1614) #

Hernando de Arias y Ugarte Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (September 9, 1561 – January 27, 1638) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1628–1638), Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1624–1628), Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva ...

(January 1618 – 30 July 1625) #

Julián de Cortázar Julián de Cortázar y Carrillo (15 January 1576 – 31 October 1630) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in the part of New Spain that is now Colombia. From 1618 to 1627 he served as Bishop of Córdoba in Argentina, and from 1627 ...

(7 April 1625 – 31 October 1630) # Bernardino de Almansa Carrión (15 December 1631 – 26 September 1633) #

Cristóbal de Torres Cristóbal de Torres y Motones, Dominican Order, OP (27 December 1573 – 8 July 1654) was a Spain, Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in New Spain. A member of the Dominican Order, in 1635 he was appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholi ...

, OP (8 January 1635 – 8 July 1654) #

Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez Juan de Dios de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, OP (April 1588 – 5 October 1678) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He served as bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 1646 to 1659, and as archbishop of Santafé in Nueva Gr ...

, OP (10 November 1659 – 1678) # Antonio Sanz Lozano (22 February 1681 – 28 May 1688) # Ignacio de Urbina,

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(26 September 1690 – 9 April 1703) # Francisco de Cosío y Otero (14 January 1704 – 29 November 1715) #

Francisco del Rincón Francisco del Rincón, OM (29 January 1650 – 28 June 1723) was a Spanish-born Minim friar and prelate of the Catholic Church in the New World, in what is now the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia. From 1705 to 1714, Rincón was Arch ...

, OM (5 October 1716 – 28 June 1723) #

Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones (1670s – 21 October 1736) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in what is now the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Born in Alcalá de Henares, he taught law before becoming vicar gene ...

(29 January 1725 – 21 October 1736) #

Juan de Galavís Juan de Galavís y Mendez, Premonstratensians, OPraem (29 January 1683 – 14 November 1739) was a Spanish Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian Canons Regular, canon regular and a prelate of the Catholic Church in what is now the Dominican Republ ...

, O. Praem (3 March 1738 – 14 November 1739) # Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (12 December 1740 – 7 February 1744) # Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (18 December 1744 – 11 August 1753) # José Javier de Arauz y Rojas (2 June 1754 – February 1764) # Manuel Sosa Betencourt (22 April 1765 – 12 November 1765) # Francisco Antonio de la Riva Mazo (9 December 1765 – 8 December 1768) # Lucas Ramírez Galán, OFM (21 August 1769 – 12 December 1770) # Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas, OP (28 September 1771 – 13 April 1774) # Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo (13 March 1775 – 14 December 1778) #

Antonio Caballero y Góngora Antonio Caballero y Góngora (in full, ''Antonio Pascual de San Pedro de Alcántara Caballero y Góngora'') (24 May 1723 in Priego de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain – 24 March 1796 in Córdoba) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate in the coloni ...

(14 December 1778 – 15 September 1788) # Baltasar Jaime Martínez de Compañón (15 December 1788 – 17 August 1797) #

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, OP (29 October 1798 – 20 January 1804) # Juan Bautista Sacristán y Galiano (20 August 1804 – 1 February 1817) # Isidoro Domínguez, CRM (23 August 1819 – April 1822) # Fernando Caycedit Florez (19 July 1827 – 17 February 1832) # Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda (21 September 1835 – 10 December 1853) #

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(21 January 1855 – 6 February 1868) #

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(6 February 1868 – 29 June 1884) # José Telésforo Paúl, SJ (6 August 1884 – 8 April 1889) # Ignacio León Velasco, SJ (6 October 1889 – 10 April 1891) #

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(4 June 1891 – 2 January 1928)

Archbishops of Bogotá

(4 June 1891 – 2 January 1928) #

Ismael Perdomo Borrero Ismael Perdomo Borrero (22 February 1872 - 3 June 1950) was a Colombian people, Colombian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bogotá from 1928 until his death. Borrero studied in both Rome and Paris be ...

(2 January 1928 – 3 June 1950) #

Crisanto Luque Sánchez Crisanto Luque Sánchez (February 1, 1889 – May 7, 1959) was a Colombian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1950 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Biography ...

(14 July 1950 – 7 May 1959); Cardinal in 1953 #

Luis Concha Córdoba Luis Concha Córdoba (November 7, 1891—September 18, 1975) was a Colombian priest and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Concha served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1959 to 1972, before his elevation to the cardinalate in ...

(18 May 1959 – 22 July 1972); Cardinal in 1961 #

Aníbal Muñoz Duque Aníbal Muñoz Duque (3 October 1908 – 15 January 1987) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá. Biography He was born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia as the son of José María Muñoz and Ana Rosa Duque. He was educated ...

(29 July 1972 – 25 June 1984); Cardinal in 1973 #

Mario Revollo Bravo Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988. Biography Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy ...

(25 June 1984 – 27 December 1994); Cardinal in 1988 #

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 ...

(27 December 1994 – 8 Jul 2010); Cardinal in 2001 #

Rubén Salazar Gómez Jesús Rubén Darío Salazar Gómez (; born 22 September 1942) is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá from 2010 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Barra ...

(8 July 2010 – 24 April 2020); Cardinal in 2012 #

(25 April 2020 – present);

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor archbishops

(1864-1868) *

Rubén Isaza Restrepo Monsignor Rubén Isaza Restrepo was the first apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Ibagué, leading it from 1960 to 1964. Biography He was, at the time, the youngest bishop in Colombia since he was Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, who began t ...

(1964-1967), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena

Auxiliary bishops

* José Carrión y Marfil (25 June 1784 – 18 December 1786), appointed Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador *

José Antonio Chaves José Antonio Chaves (or Chávez) was ''gefe político'' or Governor of the territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico) from September 1829 until 1832. Family José Antonio Chaves was a descendant of don Pedro Durán de Chávez, a conquis ...

, OFM (20 January 1834 – 3 March 1856) * Indalecio Barreto (21 March 1873 – 16 January 1874), appointed Bishop of Nueva Pamplona *

Mosé Higuera Mosé Higuera (20 December 1842 – 25 September 1915) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of two dioceses, first for the Archdiocese of Bogotá from 1876 to 1884, and next for the Archdiocese of Mede ...

(7 April 1876 – 4 March 1884), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín * Leonidas Medina (27 March 1916 – 7 March 1923), appointed Bishop of Socorro * Luis Andrade Valderrama, OFM (3 March 1939 – 16 June 1944), appointed Bishop of Antioquía * Emilio de Brigard Ortiz (29 July 1944 – 6 March 1986), Archbishop (personal title) in 1961 * Luis Pérez Hernández, CIM (3 November 1945 – 29 May 1956), appointed Bishop of Cúcuta * José de Jesús Martinez Vargas (1951 – 18 Dec 1952), appointed Bishop of Armenia * Pablo Correa León (10 November 1956 – 22 July 1959), appointed Bishop of Cúcuta * José Gabriel Calderón Contreras (18 December 1958 – 26 April 1962), appointed Bishop of Cartago * Rubén Buitrago Trujillo,

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(25 February 1971 – 8 July 1974), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá *

Alfonso López Trujillo Alfonso López Trujillo (8 November 1935 – 19 April 2008) was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Biography Youth Born in Villahermosa, Tolima, López Trujillo mov ...

(25 February 1971 – 22 May 1978), Archbishop (personal title); appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín; future Cardinal *

(13 November 1973 – 28 February 1978), appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona; later returned here as Archbishop; future Cardinal * Víctor Manuel López Forero (6 May 1977 – 6 December 1980), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil * Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, OFM (6 May 1977 – 23 March 1984), appointed Bishop of Montería * Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (6 May 1977 – 15 April 1986), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil *

Jorge Ardila Serrano Jorge Ardila Serrano (September 17, 1927, Zapatoca, Colombia – October 12, 2010, Girardot, Colombia) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardot, Colombia. Ordained to the priesthood on October 17, 1948, he was app ...

(27 October 1980 – 21 May 1988), appointed Bishop of Girardot * Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (3 May 1986 – 16 February 1989), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Garagoa * Enrique Sarmiento Angulo (3 May 1986 – 6 Aug 2003), appointed Bishop of Fontibón * Fabio Suescún Mutis (3 May 1986 – 20 November 1993), appointed Bishop of Pereira * Agustín Otero Largacha,

(3 May 1986 – 9 May 2004) *

Oscar Urbina Ortega Oscar Urbina Ortega (born 13 April 1947) is a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Archbishop of Villavicencio. Biography Oscar Urbina Ortega was born in Arboledas, and ordained to the priesthood by Arc ...

(8 March 1996 – 9 November 1999), appointed Bishop of Cúcuta *

José Ruiz Arenas José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (born 21 December 1944) is a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. Biography José Ruiz Arenas was born in Bo ...

(8 March 1996 – 16 July 2002), appointed Bishop of Villavicencio *

Fernando Sabogal Viana Fernando Sabogal Viana (28 May 1941 − 1 December 2013) was a Colombian people, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 22 January 1967, Viana was named auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá and was a ...

(8 March 1996 – 1 December 2013) * Daniel Caro Borda (21 July 2000 – 6 August 2003), appointed Bishop of Soacha * José Roberto Ospina Leongómez (19 April 2004 – 10 May 2012), appointed Bishop of Buga * Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa (22 October 2008 – 2 February 2011), appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare *

(7 Nov 2015 – ) * Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla (7 Nov 2015 – )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Bernardino Medina y Moreno (1843 - 16 February 1856), appointed Bishop of Cartagena * Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (19 December 1885 – 25 July 1905), appointed Bishop of Tunja * Alfredo Rubio Díaz (7 November 1926 – 7 July 1953), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta *

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(8 November 1942 – 19 December 1953), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales *

Gabriel Montalvo Higuera Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (27 January 1930 – 2 August 2006) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for fifty years, with the title of archbishop and the rank of nuncio from 1974. His ...

(18 January 1953 – 14 June 1974), appointed nuncio and titular archbishop * Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (22 September 1962 – 13 February 1987), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali * Héctor Cubillos Peña (29 November 1974 – 15 February 2002), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga * Luis Alberto Parra Mora (9 October 1971 – 18 October 2003), appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy *

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 ...

(28 November 1992 – 15 April 2009), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali * Mario Eduardo Dorsonville (23 November 1985 – 1999), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, DC, U.S. in 2015 * Luis Augusto Campos Flórez (8 December 1982 - 12 December 2019), appointed Bishop of Socorro y San Gil

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Archbishops of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada

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