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 (118 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Flavio Calle Zapata
Auxiliary Bishops	Orlando Roa Barbosa
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesisdeibague.org

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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

Leadership

• 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) became archbishop of Ibagué
• Archbishops of Ibagué
  • José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (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 – present)

Suffragan dioceses

• Espinal
• Florencia
• Garzón
• Líbano–Honda
• Neiva

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Ibagué.

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 4°26′20″N 75°13′55″W / 4.4389°N 75.2319°W / 4.4389; -75.2319