Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Colombia

Diocese of Cartago Dioecesis Carthadensis in Colombia
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Cali
Statistics
Area	4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 523,000 515,000 (98.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 March 1962 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Valle del Cauca
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	César Alcides Balbín Tamayo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía
Bishops emeritus	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.
Map
Website
www.diocesisdecartago.org

Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago (Latin: Carthaden(sis) in Colombia) is a diocese located in the city of Cartago in the ecclesiastical province of Cali in Colombia.

History

• 16 March 1962: Established as Diocese of Cartago from the Diocese of Cali

Bishops

• José Gabriel Calderón Contreras (26 April 1962 – 19 April 1995)
• Luis Madrid Merlano (19 April 1995 – 30 March 2010) appointed Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
• José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. (21 October 2010 – 31 October 2020)
• César Alcides Balbín Tamayo (19 October 2021 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 1992
• Edgar Aristizábal Quintero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2011
• Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2015

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org