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

Archbishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia)

Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia)

Fr. Wiston Mosquera Moreno, Priest of Cali (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Quibdó (Colombia)

Fr. William Prieto Daza, Priest of Villavicencio (Colombia), was elected Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia)

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Archbishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Archbishop Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Bishop Germán Medina Acosta, Bishop of Engativá (Colombia), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Bishop Germán Medina Acosta, Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Engativá (Colombia)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa resigned as Bishop of Engativá (Colombia)

Fr. Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo, Priest of Bogotá (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Mazaca and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

Fr. William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez, Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Leticia (Colombia), passed away at 81

Fr. Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo, Priest of Buga (Colombia), was elected Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Bishop Edgar de Jesús García Gil resigned as Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero, Bishop of Yopal (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (Colombia)

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

Fr. Dimas Antonio Acuña Jiménez, Priest of Barranquilla (Colombia), was elected Bishop of El Banco (Colombia)

Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of El Banco (Colombia)

Fr. Edgar Jesús Mejía Orozco, Priest of Barranquilla (Colombia), was elected Titular Bishop of Zattara and Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (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

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)