Cartagena (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Tomás de Toro, O.P. † (24 Apr 1534 Appointed - 1536 Died)
Jerónimo de Loaysa, O.P. † (5 Dec 1537 Appointed - 13 May 1541 Appointed, Bishop of Lima)
Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † (20 Jul 1541 Appointed - 17 Jul 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Mondoñedo)
Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. † (28 Jun 1552 Appointed - 1556 Resigned)
Juan Simancas Simancas † (5 Dec 1561 Appointed - 1570 Died)
Pedro Arévalos, O.S.H. † (18 May 1571 Appointed - 1572 Died)
Dionisio de Santos, O.P. † (25 Jun 1574 Appointed - 9 Sep 1577 Died)
Juan Montalvo, O.P. † (6 Oct 1578 Appointed - 10 Sep 1586 Died)
Antonio de Hervias, O.P. † (28 Sep 1587 Appointed - 1590 Died)
Juan de Labrada, O.P. † (29 Jan 1597 Appointed - 22 Jul 1613 Died)
Pedro Vega † (6 Oct 1614 Appointed - 17 Jun 1616 Died)
Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M. † (26 Jun 1617 Appointed - 10 Dec 1621 Died)
Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. † (22 May 1623 Appointed - 18 Dec 1623 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Diego Ramirez de Cepeda † (15 Jul 1624 Appointed - 1629 Died)
Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T. † (9 Sep 1630 Appointed - 13 Aug 1640 Confirmed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. † (8 Oct 1640 Appointed - 18 Feb 1649 Died)
Francisco Rodríguez de Valcárcel † (28 Jun 1649 Appointed - 18 Jun 1651 Died)
Garcia Ruiz Cabezas † (27 Jun 1654 Appointed - 1658 Died)
Antonio Sanz Lozano † (10 Nov 1659 Confirmed - 19 Aug 1680 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola † (3 Mar 1681 Appointed - Feb 1713 Died)
Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. † (17 Sep 1714 Appointed - 25 Nov 1717 Died)
Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja † (15 Apr 1720 Appointed - 19 Nov 1725 Appointed, Bishop of Popayán)
Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva † (20 Feb 1726 Appointed - 20 Sep 1728 Confirmed, Bishop of Popayán)
Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja † (20 Sep 1728 Appointed - 1729 Died)
Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque † (3 Aug 1729 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1740 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Diego Martínez y Garrido, O.S. † (6 Mar 1741 Confirmed - 22 Aug 1746 Resigned)
Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte † (28 Nov 1746 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1751 Confirmed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Bartolomé de Narváez y Berrio † (20 Dec 1751 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1754 Died)
Jacinto Aguado y Chacón † ( 1754 Appointed - 17 Feb 1755 Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa)
Manuel de Sosa y Béthencourt † (17 Nov 1755 Appointed - 22 Apr 1765 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Diego Bernardo de Peredo y Navarrete † (9 Dec 1765 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1772 Appointed, Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida))
Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo † (7 Sep 1772 Appointed - 13 Mar 1775 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo † (13 Mar 1775 Appointed - 16 Dec 1776 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
José Díaz de Lamadrid, O.F.M. Obs. † (28 Jul 1777 Appointed - 3 Dec 1792 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Miguel Álvarez Cortés † (3 Dec 1792 Appointed - 22 Sep 1795 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Jerónimo Gómez de Liñán de la Borda † (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 30 Sep 1805 Died)
Custodio Angel Díaz Merino, O.P. † (26 Aug 1806 Appointed - 12 Jan 1815 Died)
Gregorio Rodríguez Carrillo, O.S.Bas. † (8 Mar 1816 Appointed - 12 Mar 1828 Died)
Juan Fernández de Sotomayor y Picón † (29 Apr 1831 Appointed - 29 Mar 1849 Died)
Pedro Antonio Torres † (20 May 1850 Appointed - 20 Dec 1853 Appointed, Bishop of Popayán)
Bernardino Medina y Moreno † (16 Feb 1856 Appointed - 26 Mar 1877 Died)
Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda † (21 Sep 1877 Appointed - 12 Sep 1878 Resigned)
Manuel Cerón † (28 Feb 1879 Appointed - 9 May 1880 Died)
Eugenio Biffi, P.I.M.E. † (7 Feb 1882 Appointed - 8 Nov 1896 Died)
Pedro Adán (Pietro-Adamo) Brioschi, P.I.M.E. † (15 Feb 1898 Appointed - 13 Nov 1943 Died)
José Ignacio López Umaña † (13 Nov 1943 Succeeded - 3 Oct 1974 Died)
Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (3 Oct 1974 Succeeded - 15 Mar 1983 Retired)
Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira (23 Sep 1983 Appointed - 24 Oct 2005 Resigned)
Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (24 Oct 2005 Succeeded - 25 Mar 2021 Retired)
Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (25 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Cartagena
24 April 1534	Erected	Diocese of Panamá	Diocese of Cartagena (erected)
22 March 1564	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Cartagena (to Santafé en Nueva Granada) Diocese of Popayán (from Lima to Santafé en Nueva Granada)
31 August 1804	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartagena Diocese of Popayán Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada	Diocese of Antioquía (erected)
Archdiocese of Cartagena
20 June 1900	Elevated	Diocese of Cartagena	Archdiocese of Cartagena
20 June 1912	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena	Mission "Sui Iuris" of San Andrés y Providencia (erected)
12 June 1924	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena (San Benito (Punta de Blanco and Santiago), Caimito (Los Cayos and Mamón), San Marcos (La Flores, Cuenca, M Pital, Candelaria, M Limón, and El Tablón), and part of Ayapel (Cecilia, Cintura, and Vré))	Prefecture Apostolic of Sinú (erected)
7 July 1932	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena (Atlántico)	Diocese of Barranquilla (erected)
3 November 1954	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena (Brazo de Loba and Simití, San Martín de Loba, Olaya Herrera, Bodega Central, along with parts of: Santa Rosa Sudán, la Rufina, Los Caños de Colorado, and Tiquicio Nuevo except Mompos island)	Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge
20 November 1954	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge	Diocese of Montería (erected) (Departamento de Córdoba except San Jorge)
25 April 1969	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena (Sincelejo, Colosó (Ricaurte), Corozal, Morroa, Ovejas, Palmito, Sampués, San Onofre, San Pedro, Sincé, and Tulú) Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge (suppressed) (Caimito, Majagual, S. Benito Abad, San Marcos, Sucre, and Tolú-viejo)	Diocese of Sincelejo (erected)
25 April 1969	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cartagena (Maganguè, Córdoba, Margarita, Mompós, Pinillos, San Fernando, and Zambrano) Vicariate Apostolic of San Jorge (suppressed) (Achí, Barranco de Loba, Morales, San Martín de Loba, Simití, and San Pablo)	Diocese of Magangué (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Cartagena

1950 804,000 805,000 99.9% 35 43 78 10,307 68 382 74 ap1951

1959 590,000 593,000 99.5% 46 26 72 8,194 42 393 54 ap1960

1964 814,703 815,178 99.9% 412 172 584 1,395 172 1,048 398 ap1967

1970 530,000 550,000 96.4% 35 35 70 7,571 49 306 40 ap1971

1976 660,000 680,000 97.1% 58 35 93 7,096 3 48 339 80 ap1977

1980 780,000 832,000 93.8% 63 36 99 7,878 3 46 376 82 ap1981

1990 950,000 1,150,000 82.6% 55 42 97 9,793 2 58 308 74 ap1991

1999 1,249,000 1,400,000 89.2% 77 49 126 9,912 2 63 261 94 ap2000

2000 1,350,000 1,505,000 89.7% 74 52 126 10,714 2 62 261 94 ap2001

2001 1,051,000 1,167,000 90.1% 83 44 127 8,275 2 54 261 100 ap2002

2002 1,066,000 1,185,000 90.0% 82 46 128 8,328 2 56 261 108 ap2003

2003 1,176,000 1,196,000 98.3% 77 53 130 9,046 2 59 246 103 ap2004

2004 1,076,500 1,210,000 89.0% 81 54 135 7,974 2 79 243 103 ap2005

2006 1,076,000 1,228,000 87.6% 77 58 135 7,970 2 91 258 102 ap2007

2013 1,201,000 1,342,000 89.5% 95 44 139 8,640 1 70 193 107 ap2014

2016 1,242,950 1,388,584 89.5% 102 50 152 8,177 1 62 173 103 ap2017

2019 1,175,407 1,465,130 80.2% 103 43 146 8,050 2 52 160 106 ap2020

2021 1,210,755 1,510,260 80.2% 103 40 143 8,466 2 50 154 108 ap2022

2023 1,198,590 1,545,865 77.5% 103 42 145 8,266 2 48 134 108 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Cartagena
1950	804,000	805,000	99.9%	35	43	78	10,307		68	382	74	ap1951
1959	590,000	593,000	99.5%	46	26	72	8,194		42	393	54	ap1960
1964	814,703	815,178	99.9%	412	172	584	1,395		172	1,048	398	ap1967
1970	530,000	550,000	96.4%	35	35	70	7,571		49	306	40	ap1971
1976	660,000	680,000	97.1%	58	35	93	7,096	3	48	339	80	ap1977
1980	780,000	832,000	93.8%	63	36	99	7,878	3	46	376	82	ap1981
1990	950,000	1,150,000	82.6%	55	42	97	9,793	2	58	308	74	ap1991
1999	1,249,000	1,400,000	89.2%	77	49	126	9,912	2	63	261	94	ap2000
2000	1,350,000	1,505,000	89.7%	74	52	126	10,714	2	62	261	94	ap2001
2001	1,051,000	1,167,000	90.1%	83	44	127	8,275	2	54	261	100	ap2002
2002	1,066,000	1,185,000	90.0%	82	46	128	8,328	2	56	261	108	ap2003
2003	1,176,000	1,196,000	98.3%	77	53	130	9,046	2	59	246	103	ap2004
2004	1,076,500	1,210,000	89.0%	81	54	135	7,974	2	79	243	103	ap2005
2006	1,076,000	1,228,000	87.6%	77	58	135	7,970	2	91	258	102	ap2007
2013	1,201,000	1,342,000	89.5%	95	44	139	8,640	1	70	193	107	ap2014
2016	1,242,950	1,388,584	89.5%	102	50	152	8,177	1	62	173	103	ap2017
2019	1,175,407	1,465,130	80.2%	103	43	146	8,050	2	52	160	106	ap2020
2021	1,210,755	1,510,260	80.2%	103	40	143	8,466	2	50	154	108	ap2022
2023	1,198,590	1,545,865	77.5%	103	42	145	8,266	2	48	134	108	ap2024