Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali

Archdiocese of Cali Archidioecesis Caliensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Cali
Statistics
Area	2,504 km2 (967 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,606,000 2,215,000 (85.0%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 June 1910 (114 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Pedro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez
Bishops emeritus	Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesiscali.org

The Archdiocese of Cali (Latin: Archidioecesis Caliensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Cali.

• 7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán
• 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali

• Bishops of Cali
  • Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)
  • Luis Adriano Díaz Melo (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)
  • Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)
  • Francisco Gallego Pérez (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)
  • Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)
• Archbishops of Cali
  • Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)
  • Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 2001)
  • Isaías Duarte Cancino (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
  • Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)
  • Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (since 2011.05.18)

• Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (1983-1985); future Cardinal
• Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (2010-2011)

• Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1952-1959), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
• Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1969-1977), appointed Bishop of Jericó
• Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (1978-1983), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja (later returned here as Archbishop)
• Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (1987-1998), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá
• Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1988-1992), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio
• Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (1992-1995), appointed Bishop of Pasto
• Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil (1992-2002), appointed Bishop of Montelibano
• José Soleibe Arbeláez (1999-2002), appointed Bishop of Caldas
• Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (1999-2007), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
• Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (2003-2006), appointed Bishop of Girardota
• Julio Hernando García Peláez (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Istmina-Tadó
• José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Cartago
• José Daniel Falla Robles (2009-2016), appointed Bishop of Soacha
• Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2014-)
• Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto

• Fernando Torres Durán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá in 1996
• Héctor Epalza Quintero (prest here, 1965-1989), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2004

• Buenaventura
• Buga
• Cartago
• Palmira

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source?]}
• Diocese website Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
• GCatholic.org

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