Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez

Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1947		Born
29 Nov 1972	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia
19 Apr 2004	57.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
19 Apr 2004	57.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria
29 May 2004	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria
10 May 2012	65.1	Appointed	Bishop of Buga, Colombia
30 Jun 2012	65.2	Installed	Bishop of Buga, Colombia
31 Oct 2020	73.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia
9 Dec 2021	74.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia
7 Dec 2024	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Buga, Colombia

MicroData Summary
José Roberto Ospina Leongómez
Bishop José Roberto Ospina Leongómez
(born 20 Mar 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Buga

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place San Miguel de Sema, Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Buga.

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque †
Archbishop of Bogotá
Principal Consecrator:
Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz †
Archbishop of Bogotá
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Beniamino Stella
Titular Archbishop of Midila
Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón †
Bishop of Engativá

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz † (1971)
Archbishop of Bogotá
Archbishop Angelo Palmas † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Vibiana
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Miguel de Sema, Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1709612

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Number 14,602
ab: Bollettino, 10 May 2012
i: CB, 10 May 2012
ab: CB, 31 Oct 2020
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2024

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