Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

Archdiocese of Popayán Archidioecesis Popayanensis

Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Popayán
Statistics
Area	17,087 km² (6,597 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,160,071 1,100,000 (94.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	22 August 1546 (470 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Iván Antonio Marín López
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Website
arquidiocesisdepopayan.org

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán (Latin: Popayanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Popayán in Colombia.^[1]^[2]

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^[3]^[4]
- Agustín Gormaz Velasco, O.S.A. (1 Mar 1564 - 1590) Died^[3]
- Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (9 Dec 1591 - 3 Apr 1598) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán^[3]^[5]
- Juan de La Roca (1599 - 7 Sep 1605) Died^[3]
- Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (17 Nov 1608 - 14 Feb 1618) Died^[6]
- 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^[7]
- 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

References

↑ "Archdiocese of Popayán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
↑ "Metropolitan Diocese of Popayán" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
1 2 3 4 HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 278.
↑ "Bishop Juan Valle" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 5, 2016
↑ "Bishop Domingo de Ulloa, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
↑ "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
↑ "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016

External links

GCatholic.org

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