# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán (Latin: Popayanensis) 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 (27 August 1547 – 1563)
* Agustín Gormaz Velasco, OSA (1 March 1564 – 1590)
* Domingo de Ulloa, OP (9 December 1591 – 3 April 1598), appointed Bishop of Michoacán, México
* Juan de La Roca (5 July 1599 – 7 September 1605)
* Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, OSA (17 November 1608 – 14 February 1618)
* Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, O. Carm. (2 December 1619 – 27 January 1631), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
* Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (10 February 1631 – 5 September 1633), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
* Diego Montoya Mendoza (5 September 1633 – 5 October 1637, appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
* Francisco de la Serna, OSA (25 August 1637 – 21 August 1645), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
* Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (25 February 1658 – 7 June 1666), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
* Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (16 January 1668 – 8 February 1672), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
* Cristóbal Bernardo de Quirós (16 May 1672 – 11 May 1684)
* Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (12 August 1686 – 20 February 1696), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
* Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD (18 June 1696 – 1 October 1714), appointed Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
* Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 November 1714 – 19 November 1725), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
* Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja (19 November 1725 – 9 September 1728)
* Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva (20 September 1728 – 29 September 1731)
* Diego Fermín de Vergara, OSA (19 December 1732 – 12 December 1740), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
* Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (30 January 1741 – 24 January 1752), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
* Diego del Corro (24 January 1752 – 13 March 1758), appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru
* Jerónimo de Obregón y Mena (13 March 1758 – 14 July 1785)
* Angel Velarde y Bustamante (15 September 1788 – 6 July 1809)
* Salvador Jiménez y Padilla (8 March 1816 – 13 February 1841)
* Fernando Cuero y Caicedo, OFM (23 May 1842 – 7 August 1851)
* Pedro Antonio Torres (20 December 1853 – 18 December 1866)
* Carlos Bermúdez (13 March 1868 – 6 December 1887)
* Juan Buenaventura Ortiz (1 June 1888 – 15 August 1894)
* Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (2 December 1895 – 20 June 1900)

### Archbishops of Popayán

* Manuel José Caicedo Martínez (20 June 1900 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
* Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM (18 April 1907 – 31 March 1923)
* Maximiliano Crespo Rivera (15 November 1923 – 7 November 1940)
* Juan Manuel González Arbeláez (20 June 1942 – 1 February 1944)
* Diego María Gómez Tamayo (22 April 1944 – 12 September 1964)
* Miguel Angel Arce Vivas (7 April 1965 – 11 October 1976)
* Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, CM (11 October 1976 – 11 April 1990)
* Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, PSS (18 December 1990 – 13 February 1997), appointed Archbishop of Medellín
* Iván Antonio Marín López (19 April 1997 – 19 May 2018)
* Luis José Rueda Aparicio (19 May 2018 – 25 April 2020), appointed Archbishop of Bogotá
* Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P. (12 October 2020 – present)

## Other affiliated bishops
### Auxiliary bishops

* Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. (1837)
* Mateo José González Rubio (1839-1845)
* José Elías Puyana (1849-1859), appointed Bishop of Pasto
* Raúl Zambrano Camader (1956-1962), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
* Alfonso Arteaga Yepes (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Ipiales
* Hernando Velásquez Lotero (1971-1973), appointed Bishop of Facatativá
* Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá (later returned here as Archbishop)

### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Cali in 1911

## Suffragan dioceses

* Ipiales
* Pasto
* Tumaco