# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín (Latin: Medellensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.
Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo is the current archbishop of Medellín.

## History

* 14 February 1868: Established as Diocese of Medellín from the Diocese of Antioquía
* 24 February 1902: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín

## Special churches

* Minor Basilicas:
** Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, La Estrella
** Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Medellín
** Medellín cathedral is also a minor basilica.

## Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishops of Medellín

| Name | Dates of service |
| Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes) | (13 Mar 1868 Appointed - 29 May 1873 Resigned) |
| José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz | (29 May 1873 Succeeded - 29 Dec 1874 Died) |
| José Ignacio Montoya Peláez | (7 Apr 1876 Appointed - 15 Jul 1884 Died) |
| Bernardo Herrera Restrepo | (27 Mar 1885 Appointed – 4 Jun 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada) |
| Joaquín Pardo Vergara | (22 Jan 1892 Appointed – ) |
| Manuel José Caicedo Martínez | (14 Dec 1905 Appointed – 22 Jun 1937 Died) |
| Tiberio Salazar Herrera | (22 Jun 1937 Succeeded – 1942 Died) |
| Joaquín Garcia Benitez | (14 May 1942 Appointed – 28 Nov 1957 Retired) |
| Tulio Botero Salazar | (8 Dec 1957 Appointed – 2 Jun 1979 Retired) |
| Alfonso López Trujillo [Cardinal in 1983] | (2 Jun 1979 Succeeded – 9 Jan 1991 Resigned) |
| Héctor Rueda Hernández | (7 Nov 1991 Appointed – 13 Feb 1997 Retired) |
| Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo P.S.S. | (13 Feb 1997 Appointed – 16 Feb 2010 Retired) |
| Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo | (16 Feb 2010 Appointed – present) |

## Other affiliated bishops
### Coadjutor bishops

* José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz (1869–1873)
* Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera (1932–1937)
* Alfonso López Trujillo (1978–1979); future Cardinal

### Auxiliary bishops

* Francesco Saverio Zaldúa (1882); did not take effect
* Mosé Higuera (1884–1915)
* Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1951–1957), appointed Bishop of Zipaquirá
* Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina (1959–1964), appointed Bishop of Montería
* Octavio Betancourt Arango (1970–1975), appointed Bishop of Garzón
* Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. (1981–1985), appointed Bishop of Buga
* Fabio Betancur Tirado (1982–1984), appointed Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas
* José Roberto López Londoño (1982–1987), appointed Bishop of Armenia
* Abraham Escudero Montoya (1986–1990), appointed Bishop of Espinal
* Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1988–1994), appointed Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
* Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (1993–1997), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
* Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1993–2001), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
* Orlando Antonio Corrales García (1998–2001), appointed Bishop of Palmira
* Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (1998–2010)
* Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. (2001–2010)
* Gilberto Jiménez Narváez (2001–2012)
* Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (2006–2011), appointed Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
* Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2011–2017), appointed Bishop of Yopal
* Hugo Alberto Torres Marín (2011–2015), appointed Bishop of Apartadó
* Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero (2012–2020), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
* José Mauricio Vélez García (2017-

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Manuel Antonio López de Mesa, appointed Bishop of Antioquía in 1902
* Emilio Botero González, appointed Bishop of Pasto in 1947
* Guillermo Escobar Vélez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía in 1952
* Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 1963
* Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2003
* Fidel León Cadavid Marin (priest here, 1976–1988), appointed Bishop of Quibdó in 2011
* Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cali in 2014
* Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy in 2015

## Suffragan dioceses

* Caldas
* Girardota
* Jericó
* Sonsón – Rionegro