Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia

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 (115 years ago)
Cathedral| Catedral de San Pedro
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Archbishop| Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez
Bishops emeritus| Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesiscali.org[usurped]
Cathedral of St. Peter

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.

## History

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

## Bishops

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### Ordinaries

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* 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 (2011.05.18 – 2022.12.08)
* Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2022.12.08 – present)

### Coadjutor archbishops

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

### Auxiliary bishops

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* 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 (2014–2022), appointed coadjutor here and succeeded in the same year
* Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015–2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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

## Suffragan dioceses

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* Buenaventura
* Buga
* Cartago
* Palmira

## See also

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* Roman Catholicism in Colombia

## References

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## External links

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* Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source?]
* Diocese website[usurped]
* GCatholic.org

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