Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
| Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Orlando Antonio Corrales García |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal |
| founding | 1804 |
| surface | 9,925 km² |
| Parishes | 48 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 280,940 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 247,970 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 88.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 92 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,695 |
| Friars | 85 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Conception |
| Website | www.arquisantioquia.org.co |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Apartadó Diocese of Istmina-Tadó Diocese of Quibdó Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos |
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia ( lat. : Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei de Antioquia , span. : Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe de Antioquia ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Santa Fe de Antioquia .
history
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia was established on August 31, 1804 by Pope Pius VII from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada and the dioceses of Cartagena and Popayán as the Diocese of Antioquía . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada as a suffragan . On February 14, 1868, the diocese of Antioquía gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Medellín . The diocese of Antioquía was subordinated to the new Archdiocese of Medellín on February 24, 1902 as a suffragan. Further assignments of territory took place on April 28, 1908 to found the Apostolic Prefecture of Chocó and on February 5, 1917 to found the diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos .
On February 5, 1917, the Diocese of Antioquía, the Diocese of Jericó was attached. The diocese of Antioquía-Jericó was divided back into the dioceses of Antioquía and Jericó on July 3, 1941. On November 14, 1952, the diocese of Antioquía gave up parts of its territory to found the Vicariate Apostolic Quibdó . Another assignment of territory took place on June 18, 1988 to establish the Apartadó diocese .
On June 18, 1988, the diocese of Antioquía was raised to an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Spiritali sane and renamed the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Antioquía
- Fernando Cano Almirante OFM , 1818–1825, then Bishop of the Canary Islands
- Mariano Garnica y Orjuela OP , 1827-1832
- José María Esteves , 1834-1835
- Juan de la Cruz Gómez Plata , 1835-1850
- Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez , 1854–1866
- Joaquín Guillermo González , 1873–1883
- Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín , 1883–1891
- Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda , 1892-1900
- José Villalba , 1900-1902
- Manuel Antonio López de Mesa , 1902–1908
- Maximiliano Crespo Rivera , 1910–1917, then Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
Bishops of Antioquía-Jericó
- Francisco Cristóbal Toro , 1917–1941
Bishops of Antioquía
- Francisco Cristóbal Toro, 1941–1942
- Luis Andrade Valderrama OFM, 1944-1955
- Guillermo Escobar Vélez , 1955–1969
- Eladio Acosta Arteaga CIM , 1970-1988
Archbishops of Santa Fe de Antioquia
- Eladio Acosta Arteaga CIM, 1988-1992
- Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal , 1992-2007
- Orlando Antonio Corrales García , since 2007
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Spiritali sane , AAS 80 (1988), n.11, pp. 1382f.