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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Ibagué

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+57 321 7424845

Archbishop
  
Flavio Calle Zapata

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
6,044 km²

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 560,344 504,310 (90.0%)

Established
  
20 May 1900 (116 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción

Address
  
Cra 3, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué (Latin: Ibaguensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué in Colombia.

Contents

History

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

  • 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) became archbishop of Ibagué
  • Archbishops of Ibagué
  • José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (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–present)
  • Suffragan dioceses

  • Espinal
  • Florencia
  • Garzón
  • Líbano–Honda
  • Neiva
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué Wikipedia