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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

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(1942–1943) *

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

Auxiliary bishops

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, 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

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References

External links

Archdiocese of Cartagena

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