Archdiocese of Cali Archidioecesis Caliensis  | |
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| Location | |
| Country | |
| 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 | Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía | 
| Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez | 
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesiscali.org | |

Cathedral of St. Peter
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
 
Suffragan dioceses
See also
References
External links
- Catholic Hierarchy
 - Diocese website Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
 - GCatholic.org
 
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