Darío del Niño Jesús Castrillón Hoyos was a Colombian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1996 to 2006 and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei from 2000 until his retirement in 2009. He was made a cardinal in 1998.
The Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney was established on 18 January 2002 by Pope John Paul II for traditionalist Catholic clergy and laity within the Diocese of Campos in Brazil. It is the only personal apostolic administration in existence, and the only canonically-regular Catholic Church jurisdiction devoted exclusively to celebrating the pre-1965 form of the Roman Rite. Its current Apostolic Administrator is Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia. It was established in 1562 as the Diocese of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada, elevated to an archdiocese two years later, and was given its current name in 1891. It serves nearly 3.8 million Catholics in Bogotá and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, and covers a total area of 4,109 km2. The current metropolitan archbishop is Luis José Rueda Aparicio since 2020.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucaramanga is an archdiocese located in the city of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga–Soatá is a diocese located in the cities of Málaga and Soatá in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Socorro y San Gil is a diocese located in the cities of Socorro and San Gil in the Ecclesiastical province of Bucaramanga in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín is an archdiocese located in the city of Medellín in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali is an archdiocese located in the city of Cali in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buenaventura is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Cali in Colombia, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería is a diocese located in the city of Montería in the Ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón is a diocese located in the city of Garzón in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibagué in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales is an archdiocese located in the city of Manizales in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia is a diocese located in the city of Armenia in the Ecclesiastical province of Manizales in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán is an archdiocese located in the city of Popayán in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in western Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina is an archdiocese located in the city of Teresina in Brazil.
The Theological Seminary of Bogotá, commonly known as the Major Seminary of Bogotá is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bogotá, Colombia, and serving both the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Facatativá. With history dating back to 1581, it is the oldest seminary in the Americas, and today is the largest and most prominent seminaries in Colombia, with dozens of alumni having been appointed bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. In addition to religious leaders, two Colombian presidents have been associated with the seminary. José Manuel Marroquín, the 27th President of Colombia, studied there in the 1840s, and Miguel Abadía Méndez, who was president in the 1920s, taught Latin at the seminary in the early 20th century.
Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, prelate, and member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. Giraldo served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiquinquirá from its creation on April 26, 1977, until July 26, 1983, and the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta from 1983 to 1990. He was then appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayán from 1990 to 1997 and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín from February 1997 until his retirement in February 2010. He was also President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia from July 1996 to July 2002.
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