Colombia

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
28 Aug 1955		Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales
25 Jul 1960		Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E.	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué
11 Feb 1962		Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio
2 Feb 1971		Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón
29 Jun 1971		Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta
11 Jul 1971		Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz	Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá
18 Jul 1971		Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia
13 Feb 1972		Archbishop Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena
8 Apr 1972		Bishop Libardo Ramírez Gómez	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón
8 Sep 1972		Archbishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia
30 Jun 1974		Archbishop Angelo Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
15 Sep 1974		Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S.	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín
Most Junior
27 Apr 2013		Archbishop Ettore Balestrero	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
20 Apr 2013		Bishop Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
9 Mar 2013		Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto	Bishop of Quibdó
1 Dec 2012		Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Montería
4 Aug 2012		Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
28 Jul 2012		Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué
14 Apr 2012		Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano
24 Mar 2012		Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva
8 Aug 2011		Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.	Bishop of Tibú
4 Jun 2011		Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
4 Jun 2011		Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
4 Dec 2010		Bishop Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca

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