Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero

Archbishop of Bucaramanga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Mar 1931		Born	Puente Nacional
27 Oct 1957	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 May 1977	46.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
6 May 1977	46.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Afufenia
29 Jun 1977	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Afufenia
6 Dec 1980	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
7 Jun 1985	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Colombia, Military
7 Jun 1985	54.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cilibia
21 Jun 1994	63.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
27 Jun 1998	67.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †
Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero (1977)
Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque † (1951)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Héctor Cubillos Peña
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino †
Bishop Enrique Sarmiento Angulo
Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J.

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