Recent Events

Bishop Alexander Matiz Atencio, Bishop of Buga (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia)

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Flórez, Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Fr. John Mario Mesa Palacio was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Montería (Colombia)

Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, Bishop of Buenaventura (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Montería (Colombia)

Fr. José Camilo Arbeláez Montoya was consecrated as Bishop of Vélez (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, was appointed as Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Fr. Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza was consecrated as Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia)

Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, Bishop emeritus of Buga (Colombia), passed away at 89

Fr. John Mario Mesa Palacio, Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Fr. Franklin Misael Betancourt was consecrated as Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia)

Fr. Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza, Priest of Valledupar (Colombia), was elected Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia)

Fr. José Camilo Arbeláez Montoya, Priest of Medellín (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Vélez (Colombia)

Fr. Franklin Misael Betancourt, Priest of Ipiales (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia)

Cardinal Angelo Acerbi took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Bishop Libardo Ramírez Gómez, Bishop emeritus of Garzón (Colombia), passed away at 91

Fr. Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaría, Bishop emeritus of Sincelejo (Colombia), passed away at 83

Fr. Alfonso García López was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Fr. Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano was consecrated as Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur, Bishop of Montelíbano (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Montería (Colombia)

Fr. Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Uzalis and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. Alfonso García López, Priest of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia)

Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa, Bishop of Montería (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte resigned as Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid, Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia), passed away at 62

Bishop José Figueroa Gómez resigned as Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Fr. Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano, Priest of Zipaquirá (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Granada (Colombia)

Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia (Colombia)

Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro, Bishop of Pasto (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia)

Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F., Bishop emeritus of Quibdó (Colombia) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia), passed away at 89

Bishop Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.SS.R., resigned as Commissioner Apostolic for Sodalitium of Christian Life

Br. José David Correa González, S.C.V., resigned as Superior General of Sodalitium of Christian Life

Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve, Bishop of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)

Fr. Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos was consecrated as Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Fr. Alexander Matiz Atencio was consecrated as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), passed away at 90

Fr. Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos, Priest of Pasto (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)

Fr. Alexander Matiz Atencio, Priest of Cali (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez resigned as Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Titular Archbishop of Zella, was created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón, Bishop emeritus of Engativá (Colombia), passed away at 87

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez, Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Bishop Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez resigned as Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

Fr. William Prieto Daza was consecrated as Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia)

Fr. Wiston Mosquera Moreno was consecrated as Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia)

Abbot Guillermo Leon Arboleda Tamayo, O.S.B., resigned as President of Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo was consecrated as Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Fr. Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mazaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, Bishop of Neiva (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Fr. Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez was consecrated as Bishop of El Banco (Colombia)

Fr. Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Zattara and Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

Bishop Oscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Fr. Robert M. Egan, C.S.V., resigned as Superior General of Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians)

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ocaña (Colombia)

Bishop Orlando Olave Villanoba, Bishop of Tumaco (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia)