Archdiocese of Medellín

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín (; ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.

Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo is the current archbishop of Medellín.

History

• 14 February 1868: Established as Diocese of Medellín from the Diocese of Antioquía
• 24 February 1902: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella
• Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín
• Medellín cathedral is also a minor basilica.

Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

• José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz (1869–1873)
• Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera (1932–1937)
• Alfonso López Trujillo (1978–1979); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

• Francesco Saverio Zaldúa (1882); did not take effect
• Mosé Higuera (1884–1915)
• Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1951–1957), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá
• Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1959–1964), appointed Bishop of Montería
• Octavio Betancourt Arango (1970–1975), appointed Bishop of Garzón
• Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. (1981–1985), appointed Bishop of Buga
• Fabio Betancur Tirado (1982–1984), appointed Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas
• José Roberto López Londoño (1982–1987), appointed Bishop of Armenia
• Abraham Escudero Montoya (1986–1990), appointed Bishop of Espinal
• Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1988–1994), appointed Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
• Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (1993–1997), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1993–2001), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• Orlando Antonio Corrales García (1998–2001), appointed Bishop of Palmira
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (1998–2010)
• Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. (2001–2010)
• Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (2001–2012)
• Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (2006–2011), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
• Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2011–2017), appointed Bishop of Yopal
• Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (2011–2015), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero (2012–2020), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
• José Mauricio Vélez García (2017-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Manuel Antonio López de Mesa, appointed Bishop of Antioquía in 1902
• Emilio Botero González, appointed Bishop of Pasto in 1947
• Guillermo Escobar Vélez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía in 1952
• Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1963
• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2003
• Fidel León Cadavid Marin (priest here, 1976–1988), appointed Bishop of Quibdó in 2011
• Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2014
• Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy in 2015

Suffragan dioceses

• Caldas
• Girardota
• Jericó
• Sonsón – Rionegro

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

References

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org