Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia

Archdiocese of Cali Archidioecesis Caliensis


Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Cali
Statistics
Area	2,504 km² (967 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,606,000 2,215,000 (85.0%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 June 1910 (113 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Pedro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez
Bishops emeritus	Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía
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Website
www.arquidiocesiscali.org

The Archdiocese of Cali (Latin: Archidioecesis Caliensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Colombia. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Cali.

History

7 June 1910: Established as Diocese of Cali from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán
20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cali

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cali
- Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez (1911.08.11 – 1926.09.28)
- Luis Adriano Díaz Melo (1927.04.13 – 1947.11.13)
- Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)
- Francisco Gallego Pérez (1958.12.18 – 1960.05.21)
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1960.07.13 – 1964.06.20)
Archbishops of Cali
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)
- Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1985.02.07 – 1994.12.27), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 2001)
- Isaías Duarte Cancino (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
- Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (2002.08.17 – 2011.05.18)
- Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (since 2011.05.18)

Coadjutor archbishops

Pedro Rubiano Sàenz (1983-1985); future Cardinal
Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (2010-2011)

Auxiliary bishops

Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1952-1959), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
Augusto Aristizábal Ospina (1969-1977), appointed Bishop of Jericó
Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (1978-1983), appointed Bishop of Barrancabermeja (later returned here as Archbishop)
Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (1987-1998), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá
Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (1988-1992), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Villavicencio
Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños (1992-1995), appointed Bishop of Pasto
Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil (1992-2002), appointed Bishop of Montelibano
José Soleibe Arbeláez (1999-2002), appointed Bishop of Caldas
Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (1999-2007), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo (2003-2006), appointed Bishop of Girardota
Julio Hernando García Peláez (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Istmina-Tadó
José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Cartago
José Daniel Falla Robles (2009-2016), appointed Bishop of Soacha
Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez (2014-)
Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Pasto

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Fernando Torres Durán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá in 1996
Héctor Epalza Quintero (prest here, 1965-1989), appointed Bishop of Buenaventura in 2004