Archdiocese of Cartagena
Archdiocese of Cartagena | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Colombia |
Diocesan bishop | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CIM |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira |
Vicar General | Sahabel Porto Herrera |
surface | 8,200 km² |
Parishes | 103 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,388,584 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 1,242,950 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 89.5% |
Diocesan priest | 102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 8,177 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 62 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 173 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral Santa María |
Website | www.arquicartagena.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Magangué Diocese of Montelíbano Diocese of Montería Diocese of Sincelejo |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena ( lat. : Archidioecesis Carthaginensis in Columbia , span. : Arquidiócesis de Cartagena ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Cartagena .
history
The Archdiocese of Cartagena was established on April 24, 1534 by Pope Clement VII from cession of territory from the Diocese of Panamá as the Diocese of Cartagena . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Seville as a suffragan . On March 22, 1564, the diocese of Cartagena was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada as a suffragan. The Diocese of Cartagena gave up on August 31, 1804 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Antioquía .
On June 20, 1900, the Diocese of Cartagena was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Cartagena gave up parts of its territory on June 20, 1912 to establish the Mission sui juris San Andrés y Providencia . Further assignments of territory took place on June 12, 1924 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú , on July 7, 1932 to establish the Diocese of Barranquilla and on November 20, 1954 to establish the Diocese of Montería . On April 25, 1969, the Archdiocese of Cartagena gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Magangué and Sincelejo .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Cartagena
- Jerónimo de Loayza OP , 1537–1541, then Bishop of Lima
- Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco OSH , 1541–1550, then Bishop of Mondoñedo
- Gregorio de Beteta OP, 1552-1556
- Juan Simancas Simancas , 1561-1570
- Pedro Arévalos OSH, 1571-1572
- Dionisio de Santos OP, 1574-1577
- Juan Montalvo OP, 1578-1586
- Antonio de Hervias OP, 1587-1590
- Juan de Labrada , 1597-1613
- Pedro Vega , 1614-1617
- Diego Torres Altamirano OFM , 1617-1621
- Francisco Sotomayor OFM, 1623, then Bishop of Quito
- Luis Córdoba Ronquillo OSsT , 1630–1640, then Bishop of Trujillo
- Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana OCist , 1640-1649
- Francisco Rodríguez de Valcárcel , 1649-1651
- Antonio Sanz Lozano , 1659–1681, then Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Miguel de Benavides y Piedrola , 1681-1712
- Antonio María Casiani OSBas , 1714-1717
- Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja , 1720–1725, then Bishop of Popayán
- Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva , 1726–1728, then Bishop of Popayán
- Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja , 1728–1729
- Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque , 1729–1740, then Bishop of Trujillo
- Diego Martínez Garrido OS , 1741-1746
- Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte , 1746–1751, then Bishop of Trujillo
- Bartolomé de Narváez y Berrio , 1751–1754
- Jacinto Aguado y Chacón , 1754–1755, then Bishop of Arequipa
- Manuel Sosa Betencourt , 1755–1765, then Bishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Deigo Bernardo de Peredo y Navarrete , 1765–1772, then Bishop of Yucatán
- Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo , 1772–1775, then Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo , 1775–1776, then Bishop of Quito
- José Fernández Díaz de la Madrid, OFM, 1777–1792, then Bishop of Quito
- Miguel Álvarez Cortés , 1792–1795, then Bishop of Quito
- Jerónimo Gómez de Liñán de la Borda , 1796–1805
- Custodio Angel Díaz Merino OP, 1806-1815
- Gregorio Rodríguez Carrillo OSBas, 1816-1828
- Juan Fernández de Sotomayor Picón , 1834–1849
- Pedro Antonio Torres , 1850–1855, then Bishop of Popayán
- Bernardino Medina y Moreno , 1856-1877
- Juan Nepomuceno Rueda , 1877-1878
- Manuel Cerón , 1879-1880
- Eugenio Biffi PIME , 1882-1896
- Pietro-Adamo Brioschi PIME, 1898-1900
Archbishops of Cartagena
- Pietro-Adamo Brioschi PIME, 1900-1943
- José Ignacio López Umaña , 1943–1974
- Rubén Isaza Restrepo , 1974-1983
- Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira , 1983-2005
- Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CIM , since 2005
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Cartagena (Spanish)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Cartagena on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)