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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) *

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(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) *

(1967–1974) * Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (2004–2005)

Auxiliary bishops

* Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1949–1952), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá *

(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 *

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(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 *

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References

External links

Archdiocese of Cartagena

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cartagena Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cartagena 1534 establishments in the Spanish Empire Religious organizations established in the 1530s Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century