Recent Events

Fr. Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo was consecrated as Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)

Fr. Alejandro Díaz García was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia), passed away at 91

Fr. Alejandro Díaz García, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Iomnium and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Bishop José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui, Bishop emeritus of Valledupar (Colombia), passed away at 96

Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya resigned as Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)

Fr. Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo, Priest of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, Titular Bishop of Severiana and Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, was appointed as Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Fr. Juan Carlos Londoño was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Baeza and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez, Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA), passed away at 63

Fr. Juan Carlos Londoño, Priest of Medellín (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Baeza and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea

Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucaramanga (Colombia), passed away at 92

Msgr. Mauricio Rueda Beltz was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Cingoli and Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Bishop José Vicente Huertas Vargas, Bishop emeritus of Garagoa (Colombia), passed away at 83

Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora, Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), passed away at 79

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), passed away at 54

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Msgr. Mauricio Rueda Beltz, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Undersecretary for Diplomatic Personnel of Secretariat of State, was elected Titular Archbishop of Cingoli and Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire

Fr. Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz resigned as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, Bishop of Vélez (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Neiva (Colombia)

Bishop Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Fr. Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.SS.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia)

Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Kearney and Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín, Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M., Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Banco (Colombia)

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Ocaña (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz, Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia), passed away at 57

Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez, Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Bishop Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Villavicencio (Colombia)

Fr. Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez was consecrated as Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)

Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

Sr. María Berenice Duque Hencker (Ana Julia) was beatified

Fr. Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez, Priest of Caldas (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Caldas (Colombia)

Fr. Félix María Ramírez Barajas was consecrated as Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)

Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gerardo Maiella and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Colombia)

Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea

Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tunja (Colombia), passed away at 80

Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)

Fr. Félix María Ramírez Barajas, Priest of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Málaga–Soatá (Colombia)

Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez, Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia)

Bishop Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón, Bishop emeritus of Vélez (Colombia) and Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira (Colombia), passed away at 70

Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

Fr. Tiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P., former Apostolic Administrator of Tibú (Colombia), passed away at 74

Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Soacha (Colombia)

Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Soacha (Colombia)

Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

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

Bishop Luis Fernando Rodríguez Velásquez, Titular Bishop of Illiberi and Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

Bishop Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla, Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Apostolic Administrator of Facatativá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)

Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Colombia)

Bishop Miguel Fernando González Mariño, Bishop of Espinal (Colombia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Garzón (Colombia)