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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Popayán

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Colombia

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
17,087 km²

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)1,160,0711,100,000 (94.8%)

Established
  
22 August 1546 (470 years ago)

Archbishop
  
Iván Antonio Marín López

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Popayán

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

Contents

History

  • 22 August 1546: Established as Diocese of Popayán from the Diocese of Panamá
  • 20 June 1900: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán

    • Ordinaries

  • Bishops of Popayán
  • Juan Valle (27 Aug 1547 - 1563) Died
  • Agustín Gormaz Velasco, O.S.A. (1 Mar 1564 - 1590) Died
  • Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (9 Dec 1591 - 3 Apr 1598) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán
  • Juan de La Roca (1599 - 7 Sep 1605) Died
  • Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (17 Nov 1608 - 14 Feb 1618) Died
  • Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm. (2 Dec 1619 - 27 Jan 1631) Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
  • Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (1631 - 1633) Appointed, Bishop of La Paz
  • Diego Montoya Mendoza (5 Sep 1633 - 5 Oct 1637) Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
  • Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A. (25 Aug 1637 - Jan 1645) Appointed, Bishop of La Paz
  • Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (25 Feb 1658 - 7 Jun 1666) Appointed, Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
  • Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (16 Jan 1668 - 8 Feb 1672) Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  • Cristóbal Bernardo de Quiros (16 May 1672 - 1684) Died
  • Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (12 Aug 1686 - 20 Feb 1696) Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
  • Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, O.C.D. (18 Jun 1696 - 1 Oct 1714) Appointed, Bishop of La Paz
  • Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 Nov 1714 - 19 Nov 1725) Appointed, Bishop of Quito
  • Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja (19 Nov 1725 - 9 Sep 1728) Resigned
  • Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva (20 Sep 1728 - 29 Sep 1731) Died
  • Diego Fermín de Vergara, O.S.A. (19 Dec 1732 - 12 Dec 1740) Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
  • Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (30 Jan 1741 - 24 Jan 1752) Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala
  • Diego del Corro (24 Jan 1752 - 13 Mar 1758) Appointed, Archbishop of Lima
  • Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena (13 Mar 1758 - 14 Jul 1785) Died
  • Angel Velarde y Bustamante (15 Sep 1788 - 6 Jul 1809) Died
  • Salvador Jiménez y Padilla (8 Mar 1816 - 13 Feb 1841) Died
  • Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, O.F.M. (23 May 1842 - 7 Aug 1851) Died
  • Pedro Antonio Torres (20 Dec 1853 - 18 Dec 1866) Died
  • Carlos Bermúdez (13 Mar 1868 - 6 Dec 1887) Died
  • Juan Buenaventura Ortiz (1 Jun 1888 - 15 Aug 1894) Died
  • Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (2 Dec 1895 - 20 June 1900) Appointed, Archbishop of Popayán
  • Archbishops of Popayán
  • Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (20 June 1900 - 14 Dec 1905) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
  • Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. (18 Apr 1907 Appointed - 31 Mar 1923 Died)
  • Emanuele Antonio Arboleda, C.M. (24 Nov 1906 - 1923) Died
  • Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (15 Nov 1923 - 7 Nov 1940) Died
  • Juan Manuel González Arbeláez (20 Jun 1942 - 1 Feb 1944) Resigned
  • Diego María Gómez Tamayo (22 Apr 1944 - 12 Sep 1964) Resigned
  • Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (7 Apr 1965 - 11 Oct 1976) Resigned
  • Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. (11 Oct 1976 - 11 Apr 1990) Died
  • Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (18 Dec 1990 - 13 Feb 1997) Appointed, Medellín
  • Iván Antonio Marín López (19 Apr 1997–present)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Ipiales
  • Mocoa–Sibundoy
  • Pasto
  • Tumaco

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán Wikipedia
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