title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Caldas
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Caldas
  
  The Diocese of Caldas (Latin: Caldensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Colombia. The episcopal see is the city of Caldas. The Diocese of Caldas is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín. The Bishop of the Diocese of Caldas is Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez.
  
  ## History
  
  * 18 June 1988: Established as Diocese of Caldas from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
  
  ## Bishops
  
  ### Ordinaries
  
  * Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. (1988.06.18 – 2002.03.01) Appointed, Bishop of Apartadó
  * José Soleibe Arbeláez (2002.12.06 – 2015.01.28)
  * César Alcides Balbín Tamayo (2015.01.28 – 2021.10.19) Appointed, Bishop of Cartago
  * Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez (2021.12.16 – ...)
  
  ### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  
  * Fidel León Cadavid Marin, appointed Bishop of Quibdó in 2001
  