Archdiocese of Florencia

Archidioecesis Florentiae
Location
Country Colombia
Ecclesiastical provinceFlorencia
Statistics
Area15,441 km2 (5,962 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
260,000
222,800 (85.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established8 February 1951 (72 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Florencia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopOmar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo
Bishops emeritusFabián Marulanda López
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florencia (Latin: Florentiae) is an archdiocese located in the city of Florencia, Caquetá in Colombia.

On Saturday, April 27, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón - Rionegro, Colombia, who up until then had been serving as rector of the national major seminary "Christ the Priest" in La Ceja, Colombia, as the sixth ordinary and fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Florencia.

He succeeded Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto, who had served from 2003 until his July 2011 appointment by Pope Benedict XVI as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia.

On July 13, 2019, Florencia was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese, so Giraldo became an archbishop then.

Biography of Omar de Jesús Mejia Giraldo

Omar de Jesús Mejia Giraldo was born in El Santuario, Colombia, located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón - Rionegro, on January 21, 1966. He was ordained to the priesthood on November 16, 1991, having studied the requisite undergraduate philosophy and graduate theology studies at the national major seminary "Christ the Priest" in La Ceja, Colombia, the same one where he would later serve as rector.

He then earned a licentiate of sacred philosophy and religious studies (the S.P.L. degree) at the "Universidad Católica de Oriente" (Spanish: "Catholic University of the Orient") in Rionegro, Colombia, and then also a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in dogmatic theology (the S.T.L. degree) from the Pontifical Gregorian University (the Gregorian, or the "Greg") in Rome, Italy.

He has held the following positions: trainer at the diocesan seminary "Nuestra Señora"; diocesan delegate for youth ministry and vocation ministry; parochial vicar (associate pastor, or curate), in the Parish of "Nuestra Señora del Carmen", in El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia; director of the Department for pastoral care in "Universidad Católica de Oriente" (Spanish: "Catholic University of the Orient") of Rionegro, Colombia; parochial vicar of the Parish "Madre de la Sabiduría"; vice-rector of the national seminary "Christ the Priest" in La Ceja and, starting 2008, rector of the national seminary "Christ the Priest" in La Ceja.[1]

He was appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013 and elevated to an archbishop in 2019.[2]

History

  • 8 February 1951: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Florencia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Caquetá
  • 9 December 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Florencia
  • 13 July 2019: Elevated as Archdiocese of Florencia

Ordinaries

  • Vicars Apostolic of Florencia
  • Bishops of Florencia
    • José Luis Serna Alzate (9 December 1985 – 8 July 1989), appointed Bishop of Líbano-Honda
    • Fabián Marulanda López (22 December 1989 – 19 July 2002)
    • Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto (21 January 2003 – 15 July 2011), appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos by Pope Benedict XVI
    • Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (27 April 2013 – 13 July 2019); elevated to metropolitan archbishop
  • Archbishops of Florencia
    • Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (since 13 July 2019)

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/04/27/news/30884.html
  2. ↑ "Archbishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

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