Archdiocese of Manizales

The Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales () is an archdiocese located in the city of Manizales in Colombia.

History

• 11 April 1900: Established as Diocese of Manizales from the Diocese of Medellín
• 10 May 1954: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manizales

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Manizales
• Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Victorias in Santa Rosa de Cabal

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Manizales
• Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos † (16 Dec 1901 – 25 Oct 1921) Died
• Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera † (6 Jul 1922 – 7 Jul 1932) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín
• Juan Manuel González Arbeláez † (3 Jul 1933 – 6 Jun 1934) Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Aenus
• Luis Concha Córdoba † (13 Jul 1935 – 10 May 1954) see below; future Cardinal
• Archbishops of Manizales
• Luis Concha Córdoba † (10 May 1954 – 18 May 1959) see above; Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 1961)
• Arturo Duque Villegas † (7 Jul 1959 – 22 May 1975) Retired
• José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez † (22 May 1975 – 15 Oct 1996) Resigned (became a Cardinal on 14 February 2015)
• Fabio Betancur Tirado † (15 Oct 1996 Appointed – 7 Oct 2010) Resigned
• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (7 Oct 2010 – 6 Jan 2020) previously Coadjutor Archbishop; resigned
• José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez (25 Apr 2021 Appointed – present)

Coadjutor archbishop

• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (2009–2010)

Auxiliary bishops

• Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo † (1949–1952), appointed Bishop of Pereira
• Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. † (1968–1972), appointed Bishop of Montería
• Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (1953–1957), appointed Bishop of Sonsón
• Augusto Trujillo Arango † (1957–1960), appointed Bishop of Jericó

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Rubén Isaza Restrepo †, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1952
• Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo (priest here, 1958–1960), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán in 1974
• José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda in 2004
• Óscar González Villa †, appointed Bishop of Girardota in 2006 (did not take effect)
• Luis Horacio Gómez González †, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2014
• José Libardo Garcés Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

• Armenia
• La Dorada–Guaduas
• Pereira

See also

• Catholic Church in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org