Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Popayán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

Catholic archdiocese in Colombia

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

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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption

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

  1. Juan Valle (27 August 1547 – 1563)[3][4]
  2. Agustín Gormaz Velasco, OSA (1 March 1564 – 1590)[3]
  3. Domingo de Ulloa, OP (9 December 1591 – 3 April 1598),[3][5] appointed Bishop of Michoacán, México
  4. Juan de La Roca (5 July 1599 – 7 September 1605)[3]
  5. Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, OSA (17 November 1608 – 14 February 1618)[6]
  6. Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm. (2 December 1619 – 27 January 1631), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
  7. Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (10 February 1631 – 5 September 1633), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
  8. Diego Montoya Mendoza (5 September 1633 – 5 October 1637, appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
  9. Francisco de la Serna, OSA (25 August 1637 – 21 August 1645),[7] appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
  10. Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (25 February 1658 – 7 June 1666), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
  11. Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (16 January 1668 – 8 February 1672), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  12. Cristóbal Bernardo de Quirós (16 May 1672 – 11 May 1684)
  13. Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (12 August 1686 – 20 February 1696), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
  14. Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD (18 June 1696 – 1 October 1714), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
  15. Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 November 1714 – 19 November 1725), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
  16. Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja (19 November 1725 – 9 September 1728)
  17. Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva (20 September 1728 – 29 September 1731)
  18. Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (19 December 1732 – 12 December 1740), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
  19. Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (30 January 1741 – 24 January 1752), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
  20. Diego del Corro (24 January 1752 – 13 March 1758), appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru
  21. Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena (13 March 1758 – 14 July 1785)
  22. Angel Velarde y Bustamante (15 September 1788 – 6 July 1809)
  23. Salvador Jiménez y Padilla (8 March 1816 – 13 February 1841)
  24. Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, OFM (23 May 1842 – 7 August 1851)
  25. Pedro Antonio Torres (20 December 1853 – 18 December 1866)
  26. Carlos Bermúdez (13 March 1868 – 6 December 1887)
  27. Juan Buenaventura Ortiz (1 June 1888 – 15 August 1894)
  28. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (2 December 1895 – 20 June 1900)

Archbishops of Popayán

  1. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (20 June 1900 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
  2. Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM (18 April 1907 – 31 March 1923)
  3. Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (15 November 1923 – 7 November 1940)
  4. Juan Manuel González Arbeláez (20 June 1942 – 1 February 1944)
  5. Diego María Gómez Tamayo (22 April 1944 – 12 September 1964)
  6. Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (7 April 1965 – 11 October 1976)
  7. Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, CM (11 October 1976 – 11 April 1990)
  8. Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, PSS (18 December 1990 – 13 February 1997), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
  9. Iván Antonio Marín López (19 April 1997 – 19 May 2018)
  10. Luis José Rueda Aparicio (19 May 2018 – 25 April 2020), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá
  11. Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (12 October 2020 – present)

Other affiliated bishops

Auxiliary bishops

  • Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. (1837)
  • Mateo José González Rubio (1839-1845)
  • José Elías Puyana (1849-1859), appointed Bishop of Pasto
  • Raúl Zambrano Camader (1956-1962), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
  • Alfonso Arteaga Yepes (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Ipiales
  • Hernando Velásquez Lotero (1971-1973), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
  • Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá (later returned here as Archbishop)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Cali in 1911

Suffragan dioceses

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Archdiocese of Popayán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
  2. [2]
    "Metropolitan Diocese of Popayán" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. [3]
    HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 278.
  4. [4]
    "Bishop Juan Valle" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 5, 2016
  5. [5]
    "Bishop Domingo de Ulloa, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]
  6. [6]
    "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  7. [7]
    "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016

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