Archdiocese of Ibagué

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué () is an archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué 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
• Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade † (10 Apr 1924 – 17 Mar 1957) Retired
• Arturo Duque Villegas † (17 Mar 1957 – 7 Jul 1959) Appointed, Archbishop of Manizales
• Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (2 Nov 1959 – 3 Jan 1964) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá
• José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (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, C.I.M. (25 Mar 1993 – 17 Aug 2002) Appointed, Archbishop of Cali
• Flavio Calle Zapata (10 Jan 2003 – 19 March 2019)
• Orlando Roa Barbosa (29 May 2020 -)

Auxiliary bishops

• Arturo Duque Villegas † (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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy

• GCatholic.org