The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué ( la, Ibaguensis) 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

Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country ...

in Colombia.

History

* 20 May 1900: Established as Diocese of Ibagué from the Diocese of Tolima * 14 December 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué

Bishops

* Bishops of Ibagué **Ismael Perdomo Borrero † (8 Jun 1903 – 5 Feb 1923) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of

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 largest ...

**Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade † (10 Apr 1924 – 17 Mar 1957) Retired **

Arturo Duque Villegas The Most Revd Arturo Duque Villegas (27 November 1899 – 26 July 1977) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manizales in Colombia from 1959 to 1975. See also * Episcopal Conference of Colombia * Manizales * Monsignor Monsignor (; it, mon ...

† (17 Mar 1957 – 7 Jul 1959) Appointed, Archbishop of

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** Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (2 Nov 1959 – 3 Jan 1964) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá **

José Joaquín Flórez Hernández José Joaquín Flórez Hernández (12 November 1916 – 22 June 1996) was a Roman Catholic Bishop in Colombia. He was Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso from 1955 to 1964, then Bishop from 1964 to 1974 and Archbishop from 1974 to 1993 of Ibagué. Refer ...

† (17 March 1964 – 14 Dec 1974 ''see below'') * Archbishops of Ibagué **José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (''see above'' 14 Dec 1974 – 25 Mar 1993) Retired **Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo,

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(25 Mar 1993 – 17 Aug 2002) Appointed, Archbishop 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 secon ...

**Flavio Calle Zapata (10 Jan 2003 – 19 March 2019) ** Orlando Roa Barbosa (29 May 2020 -)

Auxiliary bishops

† (1949-1957), appointed Bishop here * Fabián Marulanda López (1986-1989), appointed Bishop of Florencia * Orlando Roa Barbosa (2012-2015), appointed Bishop of Espinal; later returned here as Archbishop * Miguel Fernando González Mariño (2016-)

Suffragan dioceses

* Espinal * Garzón * Líbano–Honda *

Neiva Neiva () is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 357,392 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly ...

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Catholic Hierarchy

Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ibagué Christian organizations established in 1900 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub