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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
708 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín httpslh6googleusercontentcomTp4blVDrSMEAAA

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)3,012,8472,625,494 (87.1%)

Established
  
14 February 1868 (149 years ago)

Emeritus Bishops
  
• Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, CMF• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez

Cathedral
  
Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín

Auxiliary bishops
  
Edgar Aristizábal Quintero, Hugo Alberto Torres Marín, Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero

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

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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.

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Caldas
  • Girardota
  • Jericó
  • Sonsón – Rionegro

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín Wikipedia
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