Archdiocese of Cali

Calien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cali, Colombia

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated at Cali, Colombia. Erected as a diocese on 7 June 1910 from the Archdiocese of Popayan, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 20 June 1964. Its mother church is the Cathedral of San Pedro in Cali.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 7 June 1910
Latin: Calien(sis)
Annuario code: 001001020

The see in figures

Catholics: 2,215,000
Population: 2,606,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 85.0%
Priests: 366
Catholics per priest: 6,052
Extent: 2,504 km²
Catholics per km²: 885

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Archbishop: Luis Fernando Rodriguez Velasquez
Born: 8 December 1959
Birthplace: Medellín

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral de San Pedro, Cali stands in Cali, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Cali

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.