Archdiocese of Medellín

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Archdiocese of Medellín
Map of the Archdiocese of Medellin
Basic data
Country Colombia
Diocesan bishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo
Auxiliary bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero
José Mauricio Vélez García
Emeritus diocesan bishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio CMF
Vicar General Alfonso de Jesús Vásquez Benjumea
founding 1868
surface 718 km²
Parishes 332 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 3,919,172 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 2,968,326 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 75.7%
Diocesan priest 737 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 332 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 2,777
Permanent deacons 48 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 680 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 2,945 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción
address Episcopal Curia,
Calle 57 N. 49-44,
Medellin
Colombia
Website www.arqmedellin.com/
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Caldas
Diocese of Girardota
Diocese of Jericó
Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro
Ecclesiastical province
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín ( lat. : Archidioecesis Medellensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Medellín ) is an in Colombia located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Medellin .

history

Today's archbishopric was founded on February 14, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. founded out of the diocese of Antioquía under the name Medellensis . The first bishop was Valerio Antonio Ximenes . By Pope Leo XIII. the elevation to an archdiocese takes place on February 24, 1902 .

The suffragan dioceses Diocese Sonsón (1957), Diocese Caldas and Diocese Girardota (1988) and the incorporation of the Diocese Jericó followed .

Ordinaries

Bishops of Medellín

Archbishops of Medellín

See also

Web links

Commons : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Medellin Cathedral .