Archdiocese of Popayán
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán is an archdiocese located in the city of Popayán in Colombia.
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
- Juan Valle
- Agustín Gormaz Velasco, OSA
- Domingo de Ulloa, OP, appointed Bishop of Michoacán, México
- Juan de La Roca
- Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, OSA
- Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm., appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
- Feliciano de la Vega Padilla, appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
- Diego Montoya Mendoza, appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
- Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
- Melchor Liñán y Cisneros, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
- Cristóbal Bernardo de Quirós
- Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos, appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
- Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD, appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
- Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías, appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
- Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja
- Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva
- Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA, appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria, appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
- Diego del Corro, appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru
- Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena
- Angel Velarde y Bustamante
- Salvador Jiménez y Padilla
- Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, OFM
- Pedro Antonio Torres
- Carlos Bermúdez
- Juan Buenaventura Ortiz
- Manuel José Caicedo Martínez
Archbishops of Popayán
- Manuel José Caicedo Martínez, appointed Archbishop of Medellín
- Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM
- Maximiliano Crespo Rivera
- Juan Manuel González Arbeláez
- Diego María Gómez Tamayo
- Miguel Angel Arce Vivas
- Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, CM
- Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, PSS, appointed Archbishop of Medellín
- Iván Antonio Marín López
- Luis [José Rueda Aparicio], appointed Archbishop of Bogotá
- Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.
Other affiliated bishops
Auxiliary bishops
- Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A.
- Mateo [José González Rubio]
- José Elías Puyana, appointed Bishop of Pasto
- Raúl Zambrano Camader, appointed Bishop of Facatativá
- Alfonso Arteaga Yepes, appointed Bishop of Ipiales
- Hernando Velásquez Lotero, appointed Bishop of Facatativá
- Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S., appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá
Another priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Cali in 1911