Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Popayán
Latin:	Archidioecesis Popayanensis
Province:	Popayán
Rite:	Latin Rite
Established:	22 August 1546 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Area Km2:	17,087
Population:	1,160,071
Population As Of:	2004
Catholics:	1,100,000
Catholics Percent:	94.8
Bishop:	Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.
Bishop Title:	Archbishop
Emeritus Bishops:	Iván Antonio Marín López
Map:	Mapa Arquidiocesis de Popayan.svg
Website:	arquidiocesisdepopayan.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán (Latin: Popayanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Popayán in Colombia.^{[1] [2]}

History

• 22 August 1546: Established as Diocese of Popayán from the Diocese of Panamá
• 20 June 1900: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Popayán

Ordinaries

Bishops of Popayán

1. Juan Valle (27 August 1547 – 1563)^{[3] [4]}
2. Agustín Gormaz Velasco, OSA (1 March 1564 – 1590)
3. Domingo de Ulloa, OP (9 December 1591 – 3 April 1598),^[5] appointed Bishop of Michoacán, México
4. Juan de La Roca (5 July 1599 – 7 September 1605)
5. Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, OSA (17 November 1608 – 14 February 1618)^[6]
6. Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm. (2 December 1619 – 27 January 1631), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
7. Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (10 February 1631 – 5 September 1633), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
8. Diego Montoya Mendoza (5 September 1633 – 5 October 1637, appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
9. Francisco de la Serna, OSA (25 August 1637 – 21 August 1645),^[7] appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
10. Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (25 February 1658 – 7 June 1666), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
11. Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (16 January 1668 – 8 February 1672), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
12. Cristóbal Bernardo de Quirós (16 May 1672 – 11 May 1684)
13. Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (12 August 1686 – 20 February 1696), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
14. Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD (18 June 1696 – 1 October 1714), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
15. Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 November 1714 – 19 November 1725), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
16. Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja (19 November 1725 – 9 September 1728)
17. Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva (20 September 1728 – 29 September 1731)
18. Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (19 December 1732 – 12 December 1740), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
19. Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (30 January 1741 – 24 January 1752), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
20. Diego del Corro (24 January 1752 – 13 March 1758), appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru
21. Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena (13 March 1758 – 14 July 1785)
22. Angel Velarde y Bustamante (15 September 1788 – 6 July 1809)
23. Salvador Jiménez y Padilla (8 March 1816 – 13 February 1841)
24. Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, OFM (23 May 1842 – 7 August 1851)
25. Pedro Antonio Torres (20 December 1853 – 18 December 1866)
26. Carlos Bermúdez (13 March 1868 – 6 December 1887)
27. Juan Buenaventura Ortiz (1 June 1888 – 15 August 1894)
28. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (2 December 1895 – 20 June 1900)

Archbishops of Popayán

1. Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (20 June 1900 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
2. Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM (18 April 1907 – 31 March 1923)
3. Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (15 November 1923 – 7 November 1940)
4. Juan Manuel González Arbeláez (20 June 1942 – 1 February 1944)
5. Diego María Gómez Tamayo (22 April 1944 – 12 September 1964)
6. Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (7 April 1965 – 11 October 1976)
7. Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, CM (11 October 1976 – 11 April 1990)
8. Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, PSS (18 December 1990 – 13 February 1997), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
9. Iván Antonio Marín López (19 April 1997 – 19 May 2018)
10. Luis José Rueda Aparicio (19 May 2018 – 25 April 2020), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá
11. Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (12 October 2020 – present)

Other affiliated bishops

Auxiliary bishops

• Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. (1837)
• Mateo José González Rubio (1839-1845)
• José Elías Puyana (1849-1859), appointed Bishop of Pasto
• Raúl Zambrano Camader (1956-1962), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
• Alfonso Arteaga Yepes (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Ipiales
• Hernando Velásquez Lotero (1971-1973), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
• Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá (later returned here as Archbishop)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Cali in 1911

Suffragan dioceses

• • Ipiales Pasto
• Tumaco

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• GCatholic.org

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Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpopa.html "Archdiocese of Popayán"
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/popa0.htm "Metropolitan Diocese of Popayán"
3. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 278.
4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvalj.html "Bishop Juan Valle"
5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeulloa.html "Bishop Domingo de Ulloa, O.P."
6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgondm.html "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A."
7. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blaser.html "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A."