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Colombia

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
21 Jan 1919 Bishop Javier Naranjo VillegasBishop Emeritus of Santa Marta
18 Feb 1919 Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento RodriguezArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales
9 Mar 1919 Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio
6 Sep 1923 Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E.Bishop Emeritus of Magangué
23 Sep 1925 Archbishop Angelo AcerbiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
31 Mar 1927 Eduardo Cardinal Martínez SomaloChamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber, Roman Curia
20 May 1927 Bishop José Agustín Valbuena JáureguiBishop Emeritus of Valledupar
4 Jan 1928 Bishop Octavio Betancourt ArangoBishop Emeritus of Garzón
2 Jul 1928 Bishop Jorge García Isaza, C.M.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro
4 Jul 1929 Darío Cardinal Castrillón HoyosPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia
7 Sep 1929 Father Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M.Prefect Emeritus of Guapi
2 Dec 1929 Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez AristizábalArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Youngest
3 Jul 1969 Bishop Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
26 Dec 1968 Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto BarretoBishop of Quibdó
21 Nov 1968 Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez BoteroAuxiliary Bishop of Medellín
21 Dec 1966 Archbishop Ettore BalestreroApostolic Nuncio to Colombia
21 Jan 1966 Bishop Omar de Jesús Mejía GiraldoBishop of Florencia
2 Dec 1965 Bishop Edgar Aristizábal QuinteroAuxiliary Bishop of Medellín
20 Sep 1963 Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.Bishop of Tibú
18 Oct 1962 Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa CadavidBishop of Málaga-Soatá
3 Mar 1962 Bishop Luis José Rueda AparicioBishop of Montelibano
24 Apr 1961 Bishop José Miguel Gómez RodríguezBishop of Líbano-Honda
9 Aug 1960 Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres MarínAuxiliary Bishop of Medellín
28 Feb 1959 Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón GüepsaBishop of Montería

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