Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué

Archdiocese of Ibagué Archidioecesis Ibaguensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Ibagué
Statistics
Area	6,044 km2 (2,334 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 560,344 504,310 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 May 1900 (124 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Orlando Roa Barbosa
Auxiliary Bishops	Miguel Fernando González Mariño
Bishops emeritus	Flavio Calle Zapata
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesisdeibague.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué (Latin: Ibaguensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué in Colombia.

History

• 20 May 1900: Established as Diocese of Ibagué from the Diocese of Tolima
• 14 December 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibagué

Bishops

• Bishops of Ibagué
  • Ismael Perdomo Borrero † (8 Jun 1903 – 5 Feb 1923) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá
  • Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade † (10 Apr 1924 – 17 Mar 1957) Retired
  • Arturo Duque Villegas † (17 Mar 1957 – 7 Jul 1959) Appointed, Archbishop of Manizales
  • Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (2 Nov 1959 – 3 Jan 1964) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá
  • José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (17 March 1964 – 14 Dec 1974 see below)
• Archbishops of Ibagué
  • José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (see above 14 Dec 1974 – 25 Mar 1993) Retired
  • Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. (25 Mar 1993 – 17 Aug 2002) Appointed, Archbishop of Cali
  • Flavio Calle Zapata (10 Jan 2003 – 19 March 2019)
  • Orlando Roa Barbosa (29 May 2020 -)

Auxiliary bishops

• Arturo Duque Villegas † (1949-1957), appointed Bishop here
• Fabián Marulanda López (1986-1989), appointed Bishop of Florencia
• Orlando Roa Barbosa (2012-2015), appointed Bishop of Espinal; later returned here as Archbishop
• Miguel Fernando González Mariño (2016-)

Suffragan dioceses

• Espinal
• Garzón
• Líbano–Honda
• Neiva

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source?]}

Province of BarranquillaProvince of BogotáProvince of BucaramangaProvince of CaliProvince of CartagenaProvince of FlorenciaProvince of IbaguéProvince of ManizalesProvince of MedellínProvince of Nueva PamplonaProvince of PopayánProvince of Santa Fe de AntioquiaProvince of TunjaProvince of VillavicencioSui iuris jurisdictions